Eastern Europe , showing the area of main Pecheneg settlement, c.1015. The Pechenegs or Patzinaks ( Turkish : Peçenek(ler) , Hungarian : Besenyő(k) , Greek : Πατζινάκοι, Πετσενέγοι, Πατζινακίται , Latin : Pacinacae, Bisseni ) were a semi-nomadic Turkic people of the Central Asian steppes speaking the Pecheneg language which