Where does “peskiness” come from?
peskiness (English) comes from English pesky, from English pesty, from English Pest, from Hungarian Pest, from Old Church Slavonic пещь, from Proto-Slavic peťь, from Proto-Slavic peťi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic pektei.
peskiness (English): The condition of being pesky
Definitions
- The condition of being pesky
Ancestry of “peskiness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pesky | Annoying, troublesome, irritating |
| 2 | English | pesty | annoying or troublesome; pesky; literally acting... |
| 3 | English | Pest | One of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest |
| 4 | Hungarian | Pest | One of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest |
| 5 | Old Church Slavonic | пещь | oven, stove |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | peťь | oven |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | peťi | to bake; to get motivated, to put effort into, to... |
| 8 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | pektei | to bake |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |