Where does “patika” come from?

patika (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish پاتیك, from Greek πατήκι, from Greek πατώ, from Greek -ίκι.

patika (Serbo-Croatian): sneaker

Definitions

  1. sneaker

Ancestry of “patika”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishپاتیكa small slipper, baby shoe
2Greekπατήκι—
3Greekπατώ—
4Greek-ίκι—
Every word from Greek -ίκι →Every word from Greek πατώ →Every word from Greek πατήκι →