Where does “Pieti” come from?

Pieti (Finnish) comes from Swedish bet, from French bête, from Middle French beste, from Old French beste, from Latin bēstia — a beast.

Pieti (Finnish): losing trick

Definitions

  1. losing trick

Ancestry of “Pieti”, step by step

Pieti traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish bet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbeta penalty (especially in the game of Vira)
2Frenchbêtebeast, animal; Not very bright and lacking in...
3Middle Frenchbestebeast, animal
4Old Frenchbestebeast, animal
5Latinbēstiaa beast

via Finnish Pietari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPietariPeter; Saint Petersburg, a city in Russia
2Ancient GreekΠέτροςPeter
3Ancient Greekπέτροςrock, stone, boulder; type of reed

via Proto-Slavic pěti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpětito sing
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanpoiH-—

Words derived from “Pieti”

Every word from Latin bēstia →Every word from Old French beste →Every word from Middle French beste →