Possibly from Middle Low German spelt (“spelt”) plus the suffix -k, creating the meaning "spelt barn", which was used as a toilet in the past.
Alternatively from the unattested Middle Low German *pȫldīk (“waste water pond, hole, pond of faeces, hole of faeces”).
peldik (genitive peldiku, partitive peldikut)
| Declension of peldik (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | peldik | peldikud | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | peldiku | ||
| genitive | peldikute | ||
| partitive | peldikut | peldikuid | |
| illative | peldikusse | peldikutesse peldikuisse | |
| inessive | peldikus | peldikutes peldikuis | |
| elative | peldikust | peldikutest peldikuist | |
| allative | peldikule | peldikutele peldikuile | |
| adessive | peldikul | peldikutel peldikuil | |
| ablative | peldikult | peldikutelt peldikuilt | |
| translative | peldikuks | peldikuteks peldikuiks | |
| terminative | peldikuni | peldikuteni | |
| essive | peldikuna | peldikutena | |
| abessive | peldikuta | peldikuteta | |
| comitative | peldikuga | peldikutega | |