backo

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Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Further origin uncertain; note, however, the similarity to Ancient Greek φᾰγεῖν (phăgeîn, “eat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (“to divide, distribute”) (though the same non-trivial semantic shift occurring in two independent branches is unlikely),[1] as well as Latin bucca.

Noun

backo m

  1. (anatomy) cheek
  2. (anatomy) jawbone

Declension

Declension of backo (masculine n-stem)
case singular plural
nominative backo backon, backun
accusative backon, backun backon, backun
genitive backen, backin backōno
dative backen, backin backōm, backōn

Descendants

  • Middle High German: backe

References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Backe#wb-1”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
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