Mêtî

Backe

Mane

Têgeh

Hevwate

Werger

Notes

Bilêvkirina xwe pratîk bike

Extra tools

(Îngilîzî)

(feminine) cheek (on the face)
(feminine) jaw (of a tool)

Pircarînî

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ˈbakə/

Ji Middle High German mîras hatiye girtin

Ji Old High German mîras hatiye girtin

In summary

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 Latin bucca.