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Where does “ġebacen” come from?

ġebacen (Old English) comes from Old English bacan, from Proto-West Germanic bakan, from Proto-Germanic bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- — to bake, to roast, to fry.

Ancestry of “ġebacen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbacanto bake
2Proto-West Germanicbakanto bake
3Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry

Words derived from “ġebacen”

  • baking
  • bake
  • bakery
  • clambake
  • bakeshop
  • baken
  • bakeware
  • overbake
  • hardbake
  • prebake
  • bakeable
  • bakestone
  • baketh
  • sunbake
  • rebake
  • bakingly
  • bakest
  • bakeboard
  • nonbaking
  • underbake
  • bakemeat
  • outbake
  • bakable
  • bakeaholic
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