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Where does “Пастернак” come from?

Пастернак (Ukrainian) comes from Polish Pasternak, from Middle High German [[pasternack]], [[pasternacke]], from Old High German pestinac, from Proto-West Germanic *pastinakā, from Latin pastinaca, from Latin pastinum — A kind of two-pronged dibble; The action of...

Ancestry of “Пастернак”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishPasternak—
2Middle High German[[pasternack]], [[pasternacke]]—
3Old High Germanpestinac—
4Proto-West Germanic*pastinakā—
5Latinpastinacaparsnip; stingray
6LatinpastinumA kind of two-pronged dibble; The action of...
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