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Where does “nonpest” come from?

nonpest (English) comes from English Pest, from Hungarian Pest, from Old Church Slavonic пещь, from Proto-Slavic peťь, from Proto-Slavic peťi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic pektei, from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti, from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-.

nonpest (English): Any creature that is not a pest

Definitions

  1. Any creature that is not a pest

Ancestry of “nonpest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPest—
2HungarianPest—
3Old Church Slavonicпещь—
4Proto-Slavicpeťьoven
5Proto-Slavicpeťito bake; to get motivated, to put effort into, to...
6Proto-Balto-Slavicpekteito bake
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpékʷetito be cooking; to ripen
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ- →