Where does “pekarica” come from?
pekarica (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian pȅkār, from Serbo-Croatian peka, from Serbo-Croatian peći, from Proto-Slavic peťi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic pektei, from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti, from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-.
pekarica (Serbo-Croatian): baker
Ancestry of “pekarica”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | pȅkār | — |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | peka | iron pan for baking bread |
| 3 | Serbo-Croatian | peći | to bake; to roast; to burn, sting |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | peťi | to bake; to get motivated, to put effort into, to... |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | pektei | to bake |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |