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Where does “pech” come from?

pech (English) comes from Scots pech — to pant, gasp for breath.

pech (English): To pant, to struggle for breath

Definitions

  1. To pant, to struggle for breath

Ancestry of “pech”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scotspechto pant, gasp for breath
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