Words that come from Frankish pīk

221 words across 47 languages descend from Frankish pīk — including pet, petty, picnic, picket, petite, petit, petticoat, pique.

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English (70)

French (30)

Italian (15)

Portuguese (10)

Middle French (6)

German (6)

Spanish (6)

Hungarian (5)

Russian (5)

Old French (5)

Galician (4)

Vulgar Latin (4)

Polish (3)

Latin (3)

Japanese (3)

Esperanto (3)

Tok Pisin (3)

Catalan (2)

Ido (2)

Asturian (2)

Macedonian (2)

Dutch (2)

Old Portuguese (2)

Haitian Creole (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Middle English (2)

Bislama (1)

Faroese (1)

Krio (1)

Nigerian Pidgin (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Turkish (1)

Indo-Portuguese (1)

Korean (1)

Gallo (1)

Pijin (1)

Franco-Provençal (1)

Vietnamese (1)

Occitan (1)

Torres Strait Creole (1)

Walloon (1)

Kriol (1)

Norman (1)

Picard (1)

Guinea-Bissau Creole (1)

Kabuverdianu (1)