Where does “ペチカ” come from?
ペチカ (Japanese) comes from Russian пе́чка, from Russian пе́чь, from Old East Slavic печь, from Proto-Slavic peťь, from Proto-Slavic peťi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic pektei, from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti, from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-.
ペチカ (Japanese): pechka, Russian oven
Ancestry of “ペチカ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | пе́чка | — |
| 2 | Russian | пе́чь | — |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | печь | — |
| 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- | — |