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Where does “патика” come from?

патика (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish patik, from Greek πατήκι, from Greek πατώ, from Greek -ίκι.

патика (Serbo-Croatian): sneaker

Definitions

  1. sneaker

Ancestry of “патика”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishpatik—
2Greekπατήκι—
3Greekπατώ—
4Greek-ίκι—
Every word from Greek -ίκι →