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

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