Where does “vorstipitsa” come from?

vorstipitsa (Estonian) comes from Estonian vorst, from Middle Low German worst, from Old Saxon worst, from Proto-West Germanic wursti, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

vorstipitsa (Estonian): pizza with sausages; pizza with frankfurters

Definitions

  1. pizza with sausages; pizza with frankfurters

Ancestry of “vorstipitsa”, step by step

vorstipitsa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian vorst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EstonianvorstA sausage
2Middle Low Germanworst—
3Old Saxonworst—
4Proto-West Germanicwurstisausage
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via Estonian pitsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianpitsapizza
2Italianpizzapizza; reel; something very monotonous and...
3Neapolitanpizzapizza
4Byzantine Greekπίταcake, pie; pie; Alternative form of πίττα , Attic...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wert- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wursti →
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