Where does “petar” come from?

petar (Galician) comes from Galician peto, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peyk- — name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie.

petar (Galician): to knock, to impact; to churn; to want

Definitions

  1. to knock, to impact; to churn; to want

Ancestry of “petar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianpetowoodpecker; money box; poor box; pocket
2Proto-Indo-European(s)peyk-name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie

Words derived from “petar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)peyk- →Every word from Galician peto →