Where does “Bach” come from?

Bach (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German bēke, from Old Saxon beki, from Proto-Germanic *baki, from Proto-Germanic bakiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰog- — flowing water, stream; flowing water, brook,...

Bach (Plautdietsch): stream, creek, brook

Definitions

  1. stream, creek, brook

Ancestry of “Bach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanbēkebrook
2Old Saxonbeki—
3Proto-Germanic*baki—
4Proto-Germanicbakizbrook, stream; beach, strand
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰog-flowing water, stream; flowing water, brook,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰog- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bakiz →Every word from Proto-Germanic *baki →