Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bakahūs

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

From *bak (“baked good”) +‎ *hūs.

Noun

*bakahūs n

1. bakehouse, bakery

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bakahūs
Genitive	*bakahūsas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bakahūs	*bakahūsu
Accusative	*bakahūs	*bakahūsu
Genitive	*bakahūsas	*bakahūsō
Dative	*bakahūsē	*bakahūsum
Instrumental	*bakahūsu	*bakahūsum

Related terms

• *bakan
• *bakku
• *gabak

Descendants

• Old English: bæchūs, bæc-hūs
  • Middle English: bakhous, bachous, bakehous, bakehowse, bakehuse, bakhows, bakhowse, bakkehowse
    • English: bakehouse
      • → Welsh: becws, bacws, becos
    • Scots: bake-hous
    • → Irish: bácús
      • → Yola: baakooze
• Old Frisian: *bakhūs
  • Saterland Frisian: Bakhuus
  • West Frisian: bakhûs
• Old Saxon: *bakhūs
  • Middle Low German: backhûs
    • German Low German: Backhuus
    • Low German: backhus
• Old Dutch: *bakhūs (in placenames)
  • Middle Dutch: bakhuus, bac-huus
    • Dutch: bakhuis
• Old High German: bachūs, bahhūs
  • Middle High German: backhūs, bachhūs
    • German: Backhaus