Where does “пря́ник” come from?

пря́ник (Russian) comes from Russian пря́ный, from Old East Slavic пьпьрѧнъ — peppery.

пря́ник (Russian): gingerbread

Definitions

  1. gingerbread

Ancestry of “пря́ник”, step by step

пря́ник traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian пря́ный

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпря́ныйspicy (containing spice)
2Old East Slavicпьпьрѧнъpeppery

via Ukrainian пря́ний

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianпря́ний—

Words derived from “пря́ник”

Every word from Old East Slavic пьпьрѧнъ →Every word from Russian пря́ный →
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