Where does “Bakenboat” come from?

Bakenboat (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch baken, from Middle Low German backen, from Old Saxon bakkan, from Proto-West Germanic bakan, from Proto-Germanic bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- — to bake, to roast, to fry.

Bakenboat (Plautdietsch): sideburn

Definitions

  1. sideburn

Ancestry of “Bakenboat”, step by step

Bakenboat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch baken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plautdietschbakento bake
2Middle Low Germanbacken—
3Old Saxonbakkanto bake
4Proto-West Germanicbakanto bake
5Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry

via Plautdietsch Boat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschBoatbeard
2Middle Low Germanbârt—
3Old Saxonbārd—
4Proto-West Germanicbardbeard
5Proto-Germanicbardazbeard
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰardʰéh₂beard
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bakaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bakan →