Where does “пейка” come from?
пейка (Bulgarian) comes from Ottoman Turkish پیكه, from Persian پایگاه, from Persian پای, from English PIE, from Middle English pie, from Old French pié, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
пейка (Bulgarian): bench
Definitions
- bench
Ancestry of “пейка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | پیكه | footrest, footboard, a board, support, or small raised platform on which to support or rest the feet |
| 2 | Persian | پایگاه | base; foothold; website, short for پایگاه... |
| 3 | Persian | پای | foot; pie |
| 4 | English | PIE | A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. (Savory pies are more popular in the UK and sweet pies are more popular in the US, so "pie" without qualification has different connotations in these dialects.) |
| 5 | Middle English | pie | Alternative form of pye |
| 6 | Old French | pié | foot |
| 7 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |