Where does “Bąk” come from?

Bąk (Polish) comes from Russian бак, from Dutch bakboord, from Dutch bak, from French bac, from French baccalauréat, from Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from Latin baccalaureus, from Latin laurea — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Ancestry of “Bąk”, step by step

Bąk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian бак

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianбакforecastle; container, receptacle; tank
2Dutchbakboordport
3Dutchbaka container, such as a box, a crate, a tray or a...
4Frenchbacferry; vat; high school exit exam in France; A...
5Frenchbaccalauréatbaccalaureat; bachelor's degree
6Medieval Latinbaccalaureatusbachelor's degree
7Latinbaccalaureusbachelor
8Latinlaurealaurel, bay tree; crown, wreath or branch of...
9Latinlauruslaurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel
10English-aceousOf, relating to, resembling or containing the...
11Latin-āceusaceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to
12Latin-āxish, -y
13Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
14Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
15Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
16Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Old Polish bąk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old PolishbąkEurasian bittern
2Proto-Slavicbokъside

Words derived from “Bąk

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós