Where does “bakan” come from?

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

bakan (Old Saxon): Alternative form of bakkan

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of bakkan

Ancestry of “bakan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonbakkanto bake
2Proto-West Germanicbakanto bake
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-West Germanic bakan →