Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bakō

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 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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Germanic n-stem paradigm *bakô ~ *bukkaz, from pre-Proto-Germanic *bʰog-ō ~ *bʰug-nos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to arch”).

Noun

*bakō m

  1. back
    Synonym: *bak
  2. flitch of bacon

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *bakō
Genitive *bakini, *bakan
Singular Plural
Nominative *bakō *bakan
Accusative *bakan *bakan
Genitive *bakini, *bakan *bakanō
Dative *bakini, *bakan *bakum
Instrumental *bakini, *bakan *bakum

Alternative reconstructions

  • *bakkō

Related terms

Descendants

  • Old Saxon: baco
  • Old Dutch: *baco
  • Old High German: bahho, bacho
    • Middle High German: bache
  • → Medieval Latin: bacō, baccō (see there for further descendants)
  • →? Proto-Slavic: *bokъ (“side”) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*baka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 48
  2. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “bakko”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 15/1: Germanismes: A–Bryman, page 28
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