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bag

Pronunciation: /baːˀɣ/

“bag” is a Danish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. behind, bottom, butt, buttocks
  2. seat (part of clothing)
  3. pastry

preposition

  1. behind

Etymology

From Old Norse bak n (“back”), from Proto-Germanic *baką, cognate with Norwegian bak, Swedish bak, English back. The preposition is a shortening of Old Norse á bak (“on the back of”), compare English back from aback, from Old English onbæc.

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