Albanian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Albanian *peka,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti, from *pekʷ- (to cook, become ripe). Cognate with Latin coquō, Sanskrit पचति (pácati), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬗𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (pacaiti), Ancient Greek πέσσω (péssō), Tocharian B päk-, Old Church Slavonic пекѫ (pekǫ), Russian печь (pečʹ).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

pjek (aorist poqa, participle pjekur)

  1. to bake
  2. to broil
  3. to roast
Conjugation edit
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Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Albanian *peka with irregular development of IE -ḱ-. Cognate to Greek πέκω (péko, to comb), Lithuanian pešù, pèšti (to pull, to pluck).[2]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

pjek (aorist puqa, participle puqur)

  1. to touch
  2. to meet
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References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “pjek”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 329
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “pjek”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 329