Where does “petja” come from?

petja (Proto-Albanian) comes from Russian Петя, from Russian Пётр, from Koine Greek Πέτρος, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος, from Ancient Greek πέτρος — rock, stone, boulder; type of reed.

Ancestry of “petja”, step by step

petja traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian Петя

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianПетя—
2RussianПётрPeter; {{w|Peter the Great}}
3Koine GreekΠέτρος—
4Ancient GreekΠέτροςPeter
5Ancient Greekπέτροςrock, stone, boulder; type of reed

via Proto-Indo-European petino-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpetino-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpet-to spread out, extend; to replicate, to span; to...

via Catalan petjar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanpetjarto step on, set foot on

Words derived from “petja”

Every word from Ancient Greek πέτρος →Every word from Ancient Greek Πέτρος →Every word from Koine Greek Πέτρος →