Where does “pika” come from?

pika (Basque) comes from Latin pīca, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peyk- — name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie.

pika (Basque): magpie

Definitions

  1. magpie

Ancestry of “pika”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpīcamagpie
2Proto-Indo-European(s)peyk-name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)peyk- →Every word from Latin pīca →