Where does “pasternâk” come from?
pasternâk (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon *pastinaka, from Proto-West Germanic *pastinakā, from Latin pastinaca, from Latin pastinum — A kind of two-pronged dibble; The action of...
Ancestry of “pasternâk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | *pastinaka | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *pastinakā | parsnip |
| 3 | Latin | pastinaca | parsnip; stingray |
| 4 | Latin | pastinum | A kind of two-pronged dibble; The action of... |