Where does “bakdanta” come from?

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

bakdanta (Swedish): malign, vilify, badmouth

Definitions

  1. malign, vilify, badmouth

Ancestry of “bakdanta”, step by step

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 “bakdanta”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *bak- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish باقمق →Every word from Turkish bakmak →
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