Cognate Set 180 – Meaning: back

IE-CoR reference form:
*baka-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Germanic
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
Germanic lexemes continuing Proto-Germanic *baka-, possibly to a root *bʰeg- 'to bend, arch', but there are no certain cognates outside of Germanic (EWA 1:418, Kroonen 2013:48, Kluge 2011:80-81).
Found in clades:
Germanic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 6 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
112   English back bæk
104   Faroese bak b̥ɛaːk
103   Icelandic bak b̥aːk
108   Old Swedish baker ˈbaker baker
118   Old Saxon bak bak bak
102   Old Icelandic bak bak bak
References
  • Kluge, Friedrich: 80-81
    Cf. NHG Bache '(wildes) Mutterschein', by semantic extension from the earlier meaning 'Schinken, Speckseite', cf. OHG bahho, MLG bake 'Rücken, Speckseite'; English bacon via Old French bacon borrowed from OHG bahho), probably based on Germanic *baka- 'Rücken' (cf. ON bak, OE bæc, OFr. bek, OS bak, OHG bah).
  • Kroonen, Guus: 48
    S.v. Proto-Germanic *baka-, as though from PIE *bʰog-o-, but there are no clear cognates outside of Germanic. Borrowed into Slavic as OCS bokъ m. 'side'. Cf. n-stem *bakan- > OHG bahho, MHG bache, MDu. bake m. 'bacon'.
  • Lloyd, Albert L. and Springer, Otto: 418
    S.v. OHG bacho. pacho 'Rücken, dorsum; Schinken, Speckseite'. The form is an exclusively Germanic formation, but one might consider a root *bʰeg- : *bʰog- '(sich) biegen, wölben' and in this case consider is applied to the parts of the human or animal body.