Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/baką

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Of uncertain origin.[1][2] Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to vault; arch”), via an extension *bʰóg-o-m (see *-os).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑ.kɑ̃/

Noun

*baką n[1][2]

  1. back, rear

Inflection

Declension of *baką (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *baką *bakō
vocative *baką *bakō
accusative *baką *bakō
genitive *bakas, *bakis *bakǫ̂
dative *bakai *bakamaz
instrumental *bakō *bakamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *bak
    • Old English: bæc, bec — Mercian, Kentish
      • Middle English: bak, back
    • Old Frisian: bek
      • West Frisian: beck, bek
        • ⇒ West Frisian: bekling
    • Old Saxon: bak
      • Middle Low German: bak
        • ⇒ Middle Low German: *huckebak
    • Old High German: bah
      • ⇒ Old High German: bahho m
      • ⇒ Old High German: bahha f
  • Old Norse: bak

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*baka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 48
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ƀakan ~ *ƀakaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 33
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