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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bakō

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Presumedly from a Proto-Germanic *bakô, but with no other Germanic cognates. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to arch”), possibly suffixed with *-kō.

Noun

*bakō m[2]

  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

Descendants
  • Old Saxon: baco
  • Old Dutch: *baco
  • Old High German: bahho, bacho
    • Middle High German: bache
  • → Medieval Latin: bacō, baccō [875 CE] (see there for further descendants)
  • →? Proto-Slavic: *bokъ (“side”) (see there for further descendants)

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