Where does “peh” come from?

peh (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Pech, from Old High German peh, from Proto-Germanic *pīk, from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik-, from Proto-Indo-European pi- — sap, juice.

peh (Serbo-Croatian): bad luck, misfortune

Definitions

  1. bad luck, misfortune

Ancestry of “peh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPechpitch; bad luck, misfortune
2Old High Germanpeh—
3Proto-Germanic*pīk—
4Latinpixpitch, tar
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pik- →Every word from Latin pix →