Where does “ipak” come from?
ipak (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian pak, from English Puck, from English Pike, from French piqué, from French piquer, from Middle French picquer, from Old French piquer, from Vulgar Latin piccare — "low-pitch humming noise".
ipak (Serbo-Croatian): still, however, but, yet, anyway, nevertheless,...
Definitions
- still, however, but, yet, anyway, nevertheless,...
Ancestry of “ipak”, step by step
ipak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Serbo-Croatian pak
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | pak | however, on the other hand; puck; asshole, anus |
| 2 | English | Puck | A mischievous sprite in Celtic mythology and English folklore |
| 3 | English | Pike | A member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity |
| 4 | French | piqué | past participle of piquer; dive; two fabrics... |
| 5 | French | piquer | to prick; to sting; to nick, pinch, steal |
| 6 | Middle French | picquer | to sting |
| 7 | Old French | piquer | to pierce with the tip of a sword |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | piccare | to puncture; to sting, strike; to pierce |
| 9 | Frankish | pikkōn | to peck, strike |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | pikōną | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |