Where does “bakåt” come from?

bakåt (Swedish) comes from Swedish åt, from Old Norse át, from Proto-Germanic at, from Proto-Germanic ētą, from Proto-Germanic etaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.

bakåt (Swedish): back (as a direction), backwards, in reverse, towards the rear

Definitions

  1. back (as a direction), backwards, in reverse, towards the rear

Ancestry of “bakåt”, step by step

bakåt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish åt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishåtfor; to, towards, in a certain direction
2Old Norseátthe act of eating; food; first-person singular...
3Proto-Germanicatat, toward, to
4Proto-Germanicētąthe act of eating; food
5Proto-Germanicetanąto eat
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁édtito eat
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

via Swedish båk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbåkdaymark
2Turkishbaksecond-person singular imperative of bakmak; look
3Turkishbakmakto look (at), gaze
4Ottoman Turkishباقمقto look; to look at
5Proto-Turkic*bak-to look; to watch

Words derived from “bakåt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti →Every word from Proto-Germanic etaną →