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Where does “pȅkār” come from?

pȅkār (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian peka, from Serbo-Croatian peći, 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-.

Ancestry of “pȅkār”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianpekairon pan for baking bread
2Serbo-Croatianpećito bake; to roast; to burn, sting
3Proto-Slavicpeťito bake; to get motivated, to put effort into, to...
4Proto-Balto-Slavicpekteito bake
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpékʷetito be cooking; to ripen
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-—

Words derived from “pȅkār”

  • pekarica
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