Where does “bakać” come from?

bakać (Polish) comes from German backen, from Middle High German backen, from Old High German backan, from Middle High German bachen, from Old High German bahhan, from Proto-Germanic bakan — back.

bakać (Polish): to call, to beckon

Definitions

  1. to call, to beckon

Ancestry of “bakać”, step by step

bakać traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German backen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbackento bake; to roast; to fry; to fire
2Middle High Germanbacken—
3Old High Germanbackan—
4Middle High Germanbachen—
5Old High Germanbahhanto bake
6Proto-Germanicbakanback

via Old Polish bakać

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishbakaćto reprimand, to scold, to rebuke
2Proto-Slavic*bakatito rattle, to mumble
Every word from Proto-Germanic bakan →Every word from Old High German bahhan →Every word from Middle High German bachen →