Peter
German (Berlin)
/ˈpeːtɐ/
proper noun
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Petrus (Peter) derived from Ancient Greek Πέτρος.
Origin
Ancient Greek
Πέτρος
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Petry English
- Pekka Finnish
- Pekko Finnish
- Petropolis Latin
- Petrus Latin
- Miesepeter German
- Peterwagen German
- Wagen German
- mies German
- miesepetrig German
- Piero Italian
- Pietro Italian
- Pieter Dutch, Flemish
- Pierre French
- Пётр Russian
- Pedro Spanish, Castilian
- Πέτρος Ancient Greek
- Pedro Portuguese
- Per Swedish
- Petrus Old English
- Petre Middle English
- Pétr Old Norse
- Per Danish
- بطرس Arabic
- Pere Catalan, Valencian
- Πέτρος Greek (modern)
- Pedr Welsh
- Peter Middle Dutch
- Petrus Middle Dutch
- Pieter Middle Dutch
- Pēteris Latvian
- Petur Old Irish
- Петър Bulgarian
- 𐍀𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- Pedro Old Portuguese
- Pèire Occitan
- 베드로 Korean
- Пятро Belarusian
- Pedru Asturian
- Pieri Friulian
- Petras Lithuanian
- Per Breton
- כֵּיפָא Aramaic
- Per Norwegian
- Peter Norwegian
- Petersen Norwegian