Where does “båk” come from?

båk (Swedish) comes from Turkish bak, from Turkish bakmak, from Ottoman Turkish باقمق, from Proto-Turkic *bak-.

båk (Swedish): daymark

Definitions

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Turkish	bak	second-person singular imperative of bakmak; look
2	Turkish	bakmak	to look , gaze; to face, view, watch, have a...
3	Ottoman Turkish	باقمق	to look; to look at
4	Proto-Turkic	*bak-	—

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