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Peja
Peja comes from Albanian Peja, from Serbo-Croatian peć ‘furnace’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- ‘to crack, crush (foodstuff), pulverize (grain)’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pekʷ-‘to crack, crush (foodstuff), pulverize (grain)’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pékʷtisreconstructed
- Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*pektís‘oven’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*peťь‘oven’reconstructed
- Serbo-Croatianmodernpeć‘furnace’
- AlbanianmodernPeja
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pekʷ-‘to crack, crush (foodstuff), pulverize (grain)’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pékʷtisreconstructed
- Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*pektís‘oven’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*peťь‘oven’reconstructed
- Serbo-Croatianmodernpeć‘furnace’
- AlbanianmodernPeja
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
Ultimately from Serbo-Croatian peć (‘furnace’), which probably refers to the hermitaries in the caves of nearby Rugova Canyon formerly inhabited by Serbian Orthodox monks.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- ‘to crack, crush (foodstuff), pulverize (grain)’
coach, cook, kitchen, pumpkin, cuisine, culinary, kiln, concoction, ricotta, quitter, concoct, decoction, peptic, dyspepsia, 14 more
Today it means
name The fourth largest city in Kosovo, and the seat of its eponymous municipality and district.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- / Peja