An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Becken

by Friedrich Kluge

Becken, neuter, ‘bowl, basin,’ from Middle High German bęcken, bęcke, Old High German bęcchîn, bęcchî, neuter; the latter comes (compare Schüssel) from Low Latin and Romance baccînum (compare Italian bacino, French bassin), ‘basin’; its cc being double, did not undergo permutation, but remained as cc, ck. Bacccînum has been derived from the Late Latin bacca, ‘vas aquarium,’ discussed under Back; compare Pickelhaube.