Where does “bakaxel” come from?

bakaxel (Swedish) comes from Swedish båk, from Turkish bak, from Turkish bakmak, from Ottoman Turkish باقمق, from Proto-Turkic *bak- — to look; to watch.

bakaxel (Swedish): a rear axle (attached to the rear wheel(s) of a vehicle)

Definitions

  1. a rear axle (attached to the rear wheel(s) of a vehicle)

Ancestry of “bakaxel”, step by step

bakaxel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Swedish Axel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishAxela shoulder
2Old Swedishaxul—
3Old Norseǫxullan axle
4Proto-Germanicahsulaz—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *bak- →