Where does “bakk” come from?

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

bakk (Swedish): to look, to look at

Definitions

  1. to look, to look at

Ancestry of “bakk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishbaksecond-person singular imperative of bakmak; look
2Turkishbakmakto look (at), gaze
3Ottoman Turkishباقمقto look; to look at
4Proto-Turkic*bak-to look; to watch
Every word from Proto-Turkic *bak- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish باقمق →Every word from Turkish bakmak →