Pech
Pronunciation: /pɛç/
“Pech” is a German word. Its 2 meanings in English:
noun
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German pëch, bëch, from Old High German pëh, bëh, from Proto-West Germanic *pik (“pitch, tar, wood resin”), from Latin pix. The form is unusual as it shows unshifted p-, but shifted -ch, even though the shift of initial p- to pf- occurred later than that of postvocalic -k to -ch. Theodor Frings therefore considered that the word was at first restricted to West Central…
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