Old English · noun
bæcere
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong ja-stem
- IPA
- /ˈbæ.ke.re/
- Syllables
- ˈbæ · ke · re (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- bakerbakessells
Meaning
-
baker (person who bakes and sells bread, etc)
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *bakārī, from Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz, corresponding to *bæc + -ere. Cognate with Old Saxon bakkāri, bekkeri, Old High German bekkāri, beckāri (>German Bäcker), Old Norse bakari (Swedish bagare).
Descendants
baker
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