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Where does “cepšana” come from?

cepšana (Latvian) comes from Latvian cept, from Romanian piept, from Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic pektos, from Proto-Indo-European peg-, from English polyethylene glycol — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...

cepšana (Latvian): roasting, frying, baking; verbal noun of cept

Definitions

  1. roasting, frying, baking; verbal noun of cept

Ancestry of “cepšana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianceptto fry; to roast, to broil, to grill, to bake
2Romanianpieptchest; breast; bosom; the front part of a piece...
3Latinpectuschest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of...
4Proto-Italicpektos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeg-breast
6Englishpolyethylene glycolAny of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
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