Where does “kepėjas” come from?

kepėjas (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian kepti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic pektei, from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti, from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-.

kepėjas (Lithuanian): baker

Definitions

  1. baker

Ancestry of “kepėjas”, step by step

kepėjas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lithuanian kepti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuaniankeptito bake; masculine plural nominative form of...
2Proto-Balto-Slavicpekteito bake
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpékʷetito be cooking; to ripen
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-

via Lithuanian ė́jas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianė́jas
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti