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Where does “[[pasternack]], [[pasternacke]]” come from?

[[pasternack]], [[pasternacke]] (Middle High German) comes from Old High German pestinac, from Proto-West Germanic *pastinakā, from Latin pastinaca, from Latin pastinum — A kind of two-pronged dibble; The action of...

Ancestry of “[[pasternack]], [[pasternacke]]”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanpestinac—
2Proto-West Germanic*pastinakā—
3Latinpastinacaparsnip; stingray
4LatinpastinumA kind of two-pronged dibble; The action of...
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