köken: Etymology tree Old High German backo Middle High German backe German Backe From Middle High German backe, from Old High German backo. 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), as well as…
köken: From Middle French babine (“lip”), probably of Germanic origin, compare dialectal German Bäppe (“lips, muzzle”), Middle High German beffen (“to scold, bicker”). Compare also French babouin.
köken: From Vulgar Latin *guancia, borrowed from Lombardic *wankja, from Proto-Germanic *wangô (“cheek”). Compare Old High German wanga (modern German Wange). Doublet of gargia.
köken: From Proto-Iranian *jánukah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰánuš, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“chin, jaw, cheek”). Cognates include Avestan 𐬰𐬁𐬥𐬎 (zānu), Sanskrit हनु (hánu), Armenian ծնոտ (cnot), Latin gena, Tocharian A śanweṃ, Welsh gen, Dutch kin, English chin, German Kinn.
köken: From a Vulgar Latin root *barbilia, from Latin barba, or alternatively from Romanian barbă + -ie. Compare Spanish barbijo and Italian barbiglio.