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”)).