Where does “baie” come from?

baie (Old French) comes from Latin bacca, from Gaulish baskis, from Proto-Celtic baskis, from Proto-Indo-European bʰasḱ- — bundle, heap, load.

Ancestry of “baie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinbaccaAlternative form of bāca; berry; berry; pearl
2Gaulishbaskis
3Proto-Celticbaskisbundle; load
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰasḱ-bundle, heap, load

Words derived from “baie

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰasḱ-
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