Backe

backe backë English Proper noun en. en hamlet wcomm/St Clears co/Carmarthenshire cc/Wales OS grid ref SN2515. en community co/Jämtland c/Sweden. German Pronunciation de /ˈbakə/ de De-Backe.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de Ba cke; de Bak ke before 1996 Etymology 1 de cheek :inh gmh:backe<ety:inh<goh:backo<id:cheek>>> 1 From de gmh backe, from de goh backo. Further origin de 1; note, however, the similarity to grc φᾰγεῖν eat, from ine-pro *bʰeh₂g- to divide, distribute (though the same non-trivial semantic shift occurring in two independent branches is unlikely),Backe#wb-1 as well as la bucca. Noun f ^chen,^lein,erl cheek on the face de Wange jaw of a tool Usage notes In most regions, de Backe is the normal word for “cheek” while de Wange is formal or literary. Declension f Derived terms de die Backen vollnehmen to talk big de Backpfeife slap on the cheek Related terms de Backenbart Backenbremse backenig Backenknochen Backenstreich Backenzahn Etymology 2 de buttock backe<unc> :der gmw-pro:*bak<unc> From Early New High German de backe, possibly related to Etymology 1. Compare typologically ru я́годица buttock, sh jагодица cheekbone (< sla-pro *agodica cheek). However, perhaps more likely related to gmw-pro *bak back (of the body), de Bache, and de Bank, and converged onto the same spelling and pronunciation as that of Etymology 1.Backe#wb-2 Noun f ^chen buttock, butt cheek Declension f Derived terms de Dumpfbacke de Fettbacke de Schweinebacke de Schweinsbacke References Further reading Backe_Schinken_Speckseite Backe (Schinken, Speckseite) Backe_Wange_Seitenteil Backe (Wange, Seitenteil) Luxembourgish Noun lb noun form Backen