backo

Old High German

Alternative forms

bakko

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

(anatomy) cheek
(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
- German: Backe
- Yiddish: באַק (bak)

References

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

[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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