Where does “пе́чь” come from?
пе́чь (Russian) comes from Old East Slavic печь, from Proto-Slavic peťь, from Proto-Slavic peťi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic pektei, from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti, from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-.
пе́чь (Russian): to bake
Definitions
- to bake
Ancestry of “пе́чь”, step by step
пе́чь traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old East Slavic печь
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old East Slavic | печь | stove |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | peťь | oven |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | peťi | to bake; to get motivated, to put effort into, to... |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | pektei | to bake |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |
via Proto-Slavic *peťì
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | *peťì | — |