Where does “pek” come from?
pek (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German beck, from Middle Low German beck, from Dutch bek, from Middle Dutch bec, from Old French bec, from Latin beccus, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
pek (Serbo-Croatian): baker
Ancestry of “pek”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | beck | — |
| 2 | Middle Low German | beck | — |
| 3 | Dutch | bek | a bird's beak; any animal's mouth; a human mouth |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | bec | — |
| 5 | Old French | bec | — |
| 6 | Latin | beccus | beak, bill |
| 7 | Latin | -āceus | — |
| 8 | Latin | -āx | — |
| 9 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 10 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |