Where does “budapesti” come from?
budapesti (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian Budapest, 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-.
budapesti (Hungarian): in Budapest, Budapestian; Budapestian
Definitions
- in Budapest, Budapestian; Budapestian
Ancestry of “budapesti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | Budapest | — |
| 2 | Hungarian | Pest | — |
| 3 | Old Church Slavonic | пещь | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | peťь | oven |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | peťi | to bake; to get motivated, to put effort into, to... |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | pektei | to bake |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |