Where does “pašteta” come from?

pašteta (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Pastete, from Old French pasté, from Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά, from Ancient Greek παστός, from Ancient Greek πάσσω, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₁t- — to shake.

pašteta (Serbo-Croatian): meat or liver paste; pâté, liverwurst

Definitions

  1. meat or liver paste; pâté, liverwurst

Ancestry of “pašteta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPastetepâté
2Old Frenchpastépie or a similar baked good
3Latinpastapaste; nominative/vocative feminine singular of...
4Ancient Greekπαστάbarley porridge
5Ancient Greekπαστόςsprinkled with salt, salted; woman's chamber,...
6Ancient GreekπάσσωI sprinkle
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeh₁t-to shake
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₁t-Every word from Ancient Greek πάσσωEvery word from Ancient Greek παστός