Where does “peme” come from?
peme (Zazaki) comes from Asturian paecer, from Vulgar Latin parescere, from Latin pārēre, from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
peme (Zazaki): cotton
Definitions
- cotton
Ancestry of “peme”, step by step
peme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Asturian paecer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asturian | paecer | to seem, appear |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | parescere | — |
| 3 | Latin | pārēre | — |
| 4 | Latin | pariō | to bear, to give birth to |
| 5 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Middle Persian pmbk'
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Persian | pmbk' | cotton |