Where does “piftier” come from?
piftier (Romanian) comes from Romanian piftie, from Greek πηχτή, from Greek πηκτή, from Persian پخته, from Persian پختن, from Pali pacati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian páčati, from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti.
piftier (Romanian): aspic maker and seller
Definitions
- aspic maker and seller
Ancestry of “piftier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | piftie | aspic, meat jelly |
| 2 | Greek | πηχτή | brawn UK, head cheese US a meat jelly made with pork |
| 3 | Greek | πηκτή | — |
| 4 | Persian | پخته | cooked, baked |
| 5 | Persian | پختن | to cook; to bake; to broil |
| 6 | Pali | pacati | to cook; masculine/neuter locative singular of... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | páčati | to cook |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |