Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bakku

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

*baku

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bakkuz, *bakuz (“baking”). Gemination would be explained due to influence or derivation from *bakkōn (Proto-Germanic *bakkōną), the iterative form, potentially ultimately preserved in the English sense of batch (“a series or run of baking/baked goods”).

Noun

*bakku f

the act or process of baking
baked good, pastry
batch

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bakku
Genitive	*bakkō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bakku	bakkiwi, bakkō
Accusative	*bakku	*bakkū
Genitive	*bakkō	*bakkiwō
Dative	bakkiwi, bakkō	*bakkum
Instrumental	*bakku	*bakkum

Usage notes

The exact gender is unknown, but assumed to be feminine due to Middle High German becke (“baked good, pastry, baking, bakery, baking rule”), which was a strong feminine noun.

Descendants

Old English: *bæċċ, *bæċ
- Middle English: bache, bahche, bach
  - English: batch
  - Scots: batch
Old High German: *bahh, *bach; *bahhu, *bachu
- Middle High German: becke
  - German: Bäcke

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