Where does “באַקן” come from?

באַקן (Yiddish) comes from Old High German bachan, from Proto-Germanic bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- — to bake, to roast, to fry.

באַקן (Yiddish): to bake; plural of באַק

Definitions

  1. to bake; plural of באַק

Ancestry of “באַקן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanbachanto bake
2Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bakaną →Every word from Old High German bachan →