Where does “bachan” come from?

bachan (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- — to bake, to roast, to fry.

bachan (Old High German): to bake

Definitions

  1. to bake

Ancestry of “bachan”, step by step

bachan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic bakaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry

via Proto-Germanic bak-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbak-—

Words derived from “bachan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bakaną →