Where does “Pestminster” come from?
Pestminster (English) comes from English Westminster, from Middle English Westmynster, from Old English Westmynster, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr, from Proto-Germanic westrą, from Proto-Germanic westraz, from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros.
Pestminster (English): A scandal involving sexual harassment by members of the British parliament
Definitions
- A scandal involving sexual harassment by members of the British parliament
Ancestry of “Pestminster”, step by step
Pestminster traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Westminster
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Westminster | The abbey of Westminster |
| 2 | Middle English | Westmynster | — |
| 3 | Old English | Westmynster | — |
| 4 | Old English | west | west |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *westr | western, westernly |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | westrą | west; west, westward |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | westraz | west, western |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wek(ʷ)speros | evening |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | we- | — |
via English Pest
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Pest | One of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest |
| 2 | Hungarian | Pest | One of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest |
| 3 | Old Church Slavonic | пещь | oven, stove |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | peťь | oven |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | peťi | to bake; to get motivated, to put effort into, to... |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | pektei | to bake |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |