Where does “ペスト” come from?
ペスト (Japanese) comes from English Pest, 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-.
ペスト (Japanese): plague; pesto
Definitions
- plague; pesto
Ancestry of “ペスト”, step by step
ペスト traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English Pest
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Pest | One of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest |
| 2 | Hungarian | Pest | One of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest |
| 3 | Old Church Slavonic | пещь | oven, stove |
| 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- | — |
via German Pest
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Pest | plague |
| 2 | Middle French | peste | — |
| 3 | Latin | pestis | a disease, plague; a pest; destruction, ruin,... |
via French peste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | peste | plague; brat; pest |