A thick mixture of flour and liquid used for baking.

Old English 'dāg' meant an unbaked mixture of flour and water, and is related to Old Norse 'deig' and German 'Teig.' The word comes from a root meaning to knead or to form, shared with the word 'lady,' which originally meant bread-kneader. It has long been the standard English word for unbaked bread mixture.

To sit or rest on a raised or narrow surface.

From Old French 'perche,' meaning a pole or rod, which came from Latin 'pertica,' meaning a long staff. The noun originally referred to a rod or bar that birds rested on, and the verb developed from that image. The word also names a common freshwater fish, likely from the same Latin root via its spiny fins.