English
Pecheneg
Pecheneg comes from Russian печене́г, and goes back to Old East Slavic печенѣгъ.
- Old East Slavicmodernпеченѣгъ
- Russianmodernпечене́гpečenég
- Englishearliest quotation 1987Pecheneg
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old East Slavicmodernпеченѣгъ
- Russianmodernпечене́гpečenég
- Englishearliest quotation 1987Pecheneg
Earliest quotation: 1987, Charles J. Halperin, Indiana University Press: “The Pechenegs had already ceased to be a major…”
Every English word from Old East Slavic печенѣгъ
Today it means
noun A member of a specific semi-nomadic Turkic people from central Asia, some of whom migrated into eastern Europe.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old East Slavic печенѣгъ / Pecheneg