Where does “peccah” come from?

peccah (Manx) comes from Old Irish peccad, from Latin peccātum, from Latin peccō, from Proto-Indo-European pēd-, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

peccah (Manx): sin; sinner

Definitions

  1. sin; sinner

Ancestry of “peccah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishpeccadsin
2Latinpeccātumsin, error, fault
3Latinpeccōto sin, transgress
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpēd-foot
5Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

Words derived from “peccah”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pēd- →Every word from Latin peccō →
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