Where does “piec” come from?
piec (Polish) comes from Old Polish piec, from Proto-Slavic *pȅťь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic pektis, from Proto-Indo-European pékʷ-tis, from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-.
piec (Polish): five
Ancestry of “piec”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Polish | piec | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | *pȅťь | — |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | pektis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷ-tis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |