Where does “piks” come from?
piks (Abenaki) comes from English pigs, from English pig, from Middle English pigge, from Old English picga, from Proto-West Germanic piggō — pig.
piks (Abenaki): a pig
Ancestry of “piks”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | pigs | plural of pig; Third-person singular simple... |
| 2 | English | pig | Any of several intelligent mammalian species of... |
| 3 | Middle English | pigge | A piglet or young pig; A pig irrespective of age;... |
| 4 | Old English | picga | a young pig; piglet |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | piggō | pig |
Words derived from “piks”