Where does “pari” come from?
pari (Ingrian) comes from Finnish pari, from Swedish par, from English peer, from English pee, from English piss, from Middle English pisse, from Middle English pissen, from Old French pissier — I piss.
pari (Ingrian): pair
Definitions
- pair
Ancestry of “pari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pari | couple, pair; partner; battery cell |
| 2 | Swedish | par | a pair, a couple; a couple, two people who are... |
| 3 | English | peer | To look with difficulty, or as if searching for... |
| 4 | English | pee | Urine; To urinate; To drizzle |
| 5 | English | piss | Urine; An instance of pissing; Alcoholic... |
| 6 | Middle English | pisse | piss, urine; Alternative form of pissen |
| 7 | Middle English | pissen | To piss; to deliver urine from the genitals; To... |
| 8 | Old French | pissier | to piss; to excrete urine |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | pissiare | present active infinitive of *pīssiō |
| 10 | Latin | pissio | I piss |