bak-
stick, staff; to hit, peg
Reflexes - Pokorny
| Language | Reflex(es) | Gloss | Grammar | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celtic | ||||
| Cornish | pig | peg, prick | n | CDC LRC |
| Welsh | pegor | peg, pivot | n | CDC LRC |
| Welsh | pegwn | peg, pole, axis, pivot, spindle | n | CDC LRC |
| Welsh | pig | peg, peak, point | n | CDC LRC |
| English | ||||
| Old English | pægel | pail, wine-bucket | n.masc | IEW ASD LRC |
| Middle English | bail | bail, custody | n | W7 LRC |
| Middle English | bailie, baillif | bailie/bailiff | n | W7 LRC |
| Middle English | baill(i) | bailey; prison | n | MEV W7 LRC |
| Middle English | baillifwik, bailiewike | bailiwick | n | AHD LRC |
| Middle English | pegge | peg | n | W7 LRC |
| English | bacillus | aerobic rod-shaped bacterium | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | bacterium, bacteria | microscopic single-celled organism | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | baculiform | rod-shaped | adj | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | baguette | bead, molding smaller than astragal | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | bail | security for appearance | n | W7 LRC |
| English | bailey | outer wall of castle | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | bailie | bailiff | n.dial | W7 LRC |
| English | bailiff | sheriff's employee, minor court officer | n | W7 LRC |
| English | bailiwick | office/jurisdiction of bailiff | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | campylobacter | lit. twisted bacteria | n | AHD LRC |
| English | debacle | violent breakup of river ice | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | imbecile | mentally deficient person | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | pail | bucket | n | IEW LRC |
| English | peg | plug, pin for a hole | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | peg | to restrict, pin down, put peg into | vb | W7 LRC |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Middle Dutch | pegge | peg, pin | n | AHD LRC |
| German | Bakterie | bacterium | n.fem | LRC |
| German | Bazille | bacillus | n.fem | LRC |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Danish | pig | peg, spike | n | CDC LRC |
| Danish | pik | peg, pike | n | CDC LRC |
| Danish | pægel | pail, half a pint | n | ASD LRC |
| Swedish | pigg | peg, spike | n | CDC LRC |
| Swedish | pik | peg, pike | n | CDC LRC |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin | bacillum | small staff | n.neut.dim | CLD LRC |
| Latin | baculus, baculum | staff, walking stick | n.masc | W7 CLD LRC |
| Latin | bāulus | carrier | n | AHD LRC |
| Latin | imbēcillus, imbēcilla, imbēcillum | weak, feeble, weak-minded | adj | W7 CLD LRC |
| Vulgar Latin | bacculo, bacculare | to bar with a stick | vb | W7 LRC |
| Middle Latin | bal(l)ium | bailey | n | CDC LRC |
| Medieval Latin | bacillus | small rod/staff | n.masc.dim | W7 LRC |
| Medieval Latin | *bāiulīvus | steward, estate overseer | n | AHD LRC |
| New Latin | bacterium | microscopic plant | n.neut | W7 LRC |
| Old French | bail | bail, custody, jurisdiction | n | W7 LRC |
| Old French | baille | wet-nurse, nanny | n.fem | W7 LRC |
| Old French | baillif | bailiff | n | W7 LRC |
| Old French | balie | bailey, palisade | n.fem | W7 LRC |
| Middle French | bacler | to bar | vb | W7 LRC |
| Middle French | desbacler | to unbar | vb | W7 LRC |
| French | baguette | small stick; loaf of French bread | n.fem | W7 LRC |
| French | bailli | bailie | n.masc | LRC |
| French | bailliage | bailiwick | n.masc | LRC |
| French | débâcle | debacle | n.fem | W7 LRC |
| French | débâcler | to unbar | vb | W7 LRC |
| French | imbécile | idiot | n.masc | W7 LRC |
| Old Provençal | baclar | to bar (with a stick) | vb | W7 LRC |
| Italian | bacchio | rod, stick | n | CDC LRC |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Greek | βακτηρία | cane, staff | n.fem | LS LRC |
| Greek | βακτήριον | small cane/staff | n.neut.dim | LS LRC |
| Greek | βάκτρον | rod, stick, staff, cudgel | n.neut | LS LRC |