Where does “Peștera” come from?
Peștera (Romanian) comes from Romanian peșteră, from Bulgarian пещера, from Proto-Slavic peťera, from Proto-Slavic peťь, from Proto-Slavic peťi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic pektei, from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti, from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-.
Peștera (Romanian): cave
Definitions
- cave
Ancestry of “Peștera”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | peșteră | cave |
| 2 | Bulgarian | пещера | cave, cavern |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | peťera | cave |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | peťь | oven |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | peťi | to bake; to get motivated, to put effort into, to... |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | pektei | to bake |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |