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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

  1. still, however, but, yet, anyway, nevertheless,...

Ancestry of “ipak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianpakhowever, on the other hand; puck; asshole, anus
2EnglishPuck—
3EnglishPikeA member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity
4Frenchpiquépast participle of piquer; dive; two fabrics...
5Frenchpiquerto prick; to sting; to nick, pinch, steal
6Middle Frenchpicquerto sting
7Old Frenchpiquerto pierce with the tip of a sword
8Vulgar Latinpiccareto puncture; to sting, strike; to pierce
9Frankishpikkōnto peck, strike
10Proto-Germanicpikōną—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"
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