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Word of the Day — June 12, 2026

back — German and Dutch have no cognate of 'back' for the body part — they use 'Rücken' and 'rug' respectively. The word 'back' is confined to North Germanic (Scandinavian) and English, making it a distinctively northern Germanic term.

*bakąProto-Germanic

→bæcOld English

→bakMiddle English

→backEnglish

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