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Peck
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peck
English
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Etymology
As an English surname, variant of en Speake with loss of the initial letter.
Also as an English (and sometimes Irish) surname, variant of en Peak, en Petch, en Peach.
As a south en de - surname, variant of en Beck. Compare en Pek, also found in Poland.
As a en nl - and north German surname, from nl pek pitch, tar, resin.
As a en hu -, en cs -, en pl -, en sh - and en sl - surname, Americanized and Germanized from en Pek, en Pék meaning "baker," itself ultimately from the German verb de backen.
Proper noun
en.
en place c/USA:
en city s/Idaho.
en ucomm co/Sedgwick County and co/Sumner County s/Kansas.
en village s/Michigan.
en town s/Wisconsin.
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
hrx /pʰek/
Noun
hrx noun form m
hrx Pack