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 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 Middle Dutch wange, from Old Dutch *wanga, from Proto-West Germanic *wangā, from Proto-Germanic *wangô (“cheek”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenǵ- (“neck, cheek”).
köken: From Old Swedish kæke, probably borrowed from Middle Low German kêke, from Old Saxon *kioka, from Proto-West Germanic *keukā. Cognate with Danish kiæge, Norwegian kjake, English choke, cheek (from Old English ċēoce (“jaw”)).
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.