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
Ancestry of “patika”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | پاتیك | a small slipper, baby shoe |
| 2 | Greek | πατήκι | — |
| 3 | Greek | πατώ | — |
| 4 | Greek | -ίκι | — |