Where does “pail” come from?
Pail comes from Middle English payle, from Old English pæġel, from Proto-Germanic pagilaz, from Proto-Indo-European bak-.
pail (English): A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually...
Definitions
- A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually...
Ancestry of “pail”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | payle | A pail or bucket; a roughly cylindrical... |
| 2 | Old French | paielle | pan, cooking vessel, liquid measure |
| 3 | Latin | patella | a small or shallow pan or dish; the kneecap,... |
| 4 | Latin | patīna | A broad, shallow dish, a pan, stewpan |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πατάνη | kind of flat dish |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pet-ano | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pete- | to spread, stretch out |
| 8 | Proto-Finnic | ete- | — |
| 9 | Serbo-Croatian | tẹ́ | of you |
| 10 | Proto-Slavic | ta | inflection of *tъ: ## feminine singular ##... |