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

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]

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Synonym: *bak
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^[2]

Related terms

*bak

Descendants

Old Saxon: baco
Old Dutch: *baco
- Middle Dutch: bāke
  - Dutch: baak
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

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

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*baka-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 48

[2] Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “bakko”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 15/1: Germanismes: A–Bryman, page 28

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