Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bak

This Proto-West 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.

From Proto-Germanic *baką.

*bak n^[1]

1. back (of the body)

   Synonym: *bakō

• *bakahūs
• *gabak

• Old English: bæc, bec — Mercian, Kentish
  • Middle English: bak, back
    • English: back
    • Scots: bak, back, bake
• Old Frisian: bek
  • West Frisian: beck, bek
    • ⇒ West Frisian: bekling
• Old Saxon: bak
  • Middle Low German: bak
    • ⇒ Middle Low German: *huckebak
      • Low German: Huckeback
        • → German: huckepack
• Old High German: bah
  • ⇒ Old High German: bahho m
    • Middle High German: bache
      • German: Bache
  • ⇒ Old High German: bahha f
    • Middle High German: bache
      • German: Bache

From Proto-Germanic *baką (“baking”).

*bak m or n

1. that which is baked, baked good, pastry

Masculine

Neuter

• *bakahūs
• *gabak

• *bakan
• *bakku

• Old English: *bæc
  • Middle English: *bak
    • ⇒ Middle English: bakmonger
• Old Frisian: *bek, *bak
  • Saterland Frisian: Bak (in compounds and derivatives)
  • West Frisian: bak (in compounds and derivatives)
• Old Saxon: *bak
  • Middle Low German: bak, back, bach n
• Old Dutch: *bak (in compounds)
• Old High German: *bah, *bak
  • Middle High German: bak m
    • German: Back (in compounds)