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Where does “pipær” come from?

pipær (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse piparr, from Old Saxon *pipar, from Proto-West Germanic *pipar, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι, from Sanskrit पिप्पलि, from Sanskrit पिप्पल — berry; the sacred fig, "Ficus religiosa"; a kind...

pipær (Old Danish): pepper

Definitions

  1. pepper

Ancestry of “pipær”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsepiparr—
2Old Saxon*pipar—
3Proto-West Germanic*pipar—
4Latinpiperpepper
5Ancient Greekπέπεριpepper; black pepper
6Sanskritपिप्पलिberry; peppercorn; long pepper
7Sanskritपिप्पलberry; the sacred fig, "Ficus religiosa"; a kind...

Words derived from “pipær”

  • peber
  • peberkværn
  • piparúði
  • pipar
  • eldpipar
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