Where does “bec” come from?

bec (Old English) comes from Old English bōc, from Proto-Germanic bōk, from Proto-Germanic bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- — to bake, to roast, to fry.

bec (Old English): inflection of bōc: ## genitive/dative singular ##...

Definitions

  1. inflection of bōc: ## genitive/dative singular ##...

Ancestry of “bec”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbōcbeech; book
2Proto-Germanicbōk—
3Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bakaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic bōk →
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