Where does “bäck” come from?
bäck (Swedish) comes from German Bäck, from English back, from French bac, from French baccalauréat, from Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from Latin baccalaureus, from Latin laurea, from Latin laurus — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
bäck (Swedish): a small stream or brook
Definitions
- a small stream or brook
Ancestry of “bäck”, step by step
bäck traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Bäck
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bäck | forecastle raised part of the upper deck |
| 2 | English | back | Near the rear; Not current; Far from the main... |
| 3 | French | bac | ferry; vat; high school exit exam in France; A... |
| 4 | French | baccalauréat | baccalaureat; bachelor's degree |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | baccalaureatus | bachelor's degree |
| 6 | Latin | baccalaureus | bachelor |
| 7 | Latin | laurea | laurel, bay tree; crown, wreath or branch of... |
| 8 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 9 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 10 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 11 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 12 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 13 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Old Swedish bækker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Swedish | bækker | brook, stream |
| 2 | Old Norse | bekkr | bench; brook, creek |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | bankiz | a raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench |
| 4 | French | banquise | sea ice, pack ice, ice floe; ice field |
via Dutch bak
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bak | a container, such as a box, a crate, a tray or a... |