Where does “pestful” come from?

pestful (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-.

pestful (English): pestiferous

Definitions

  1. pestiferous

Ancestry of “pestful”, step by step

pestful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Pest

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPestOne of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest
2HungarianPestOne of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest
3Old Church Slavonicпещьoven, stove
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-—

via English ful

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishful—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti →