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Бах
“a baker”
Бах (Bah) is a surname from German, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Russian and Bulgarian.
Belarusian and Bulgarian and Macedonian and Mongolian and Ossetian and Russian and Serbian and Ukrainian and be-tarask and cv and xalWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Bach.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Бах is Bax written in Cyrillic. Bax is a variant of Baxter. One English interpretation is “a baker.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Бах comes from German, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From German Bach, from Middle High German bach, from Old High German bah, from Proto-West Germanic *baki, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Бах’s family of names
In Russian usage, Бах as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form Bach. In Russian usage, Бах as a surname was borrowed from the German form Bach. In Bulgarian usage, Бах as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as BAH.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Бах has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.
Germanwhere Бах comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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