While dumplings as such are found throughout Eurasia, the specific name pierogi, with its Proto-Slavic root and its cognates in the West and East Slavic languages, including Russian пирог ( pirog, "pie") and пирожки ( pirozhki, "small pies"), shows the name's common Slavic origins, antedating the modern nation states and their standardized languages. It derives from Old East Slavic пиръ ( pirŭ) and further from Proto-Slavic *pirъ, "feast". The English word "pierogi" comes from Polish pierogi, which is the plural form of pieróg, a generic term for filled dumplings. Traditional Christmas Eve pierogi, whose name is derived from a root meaning 'festival'
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