Speck
German (Berlin)
/ʃpɛk/
noun
Definitions
- bacon
- adipose tissue, fat
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German spec inherited from Old High German spek inherited from Proto-Germanic *spiką (bacon).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*spiką
Gloss
bacon
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bauch German
- Bauchspeck German
- Kummer German
- Kummerspeck German
- Paprika German
- Paprikaspeck German
- speckig German
- speck Italian
- *spikką Proto-Germanic
- *spiką Proto-Germanic
- szpik Polish
- spic Old English
- spæk Danish
- spækhugger Danish
- spækhøker Danish
- spek Old High German
- speķis Latvian
- spec Middle High German
- Speck Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- pekk Estonian
- spek Old Dutch
- speck Middle Low German
- spek Middle Low German
- Schpeck Pennsylvania German