Where does “пика” come from?
пика (Bulgarian) comes from Russian пи́ка, from Polish pika, from French piqué, from French piquer, from Middle French picquer, from Old French piquer, from Vulgar Latin piccare, from Frankish pikkōn — "low-pitch humming noise".
пика (Bulgarian): pike, lance
Definitions
- pike, lance
Ancestry of “пика”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | пи́ка | lance, pike |
| 2 | Polish | pika | pike; genitive singular of pik; accusative... |
| 3 | French | piqué | past participle of piquer; dive; two fabrics... |
| 4 | French | piquer | to prick; to sting; to nick, pinch, steal |
| 5 | Middle French | picquer | to sting |
| 6 | Old French | piquer | to pierce with the tip of a sword |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | piccare | to puncture; to sting, strike; to pierce |
| 8 | Frankish | pikkōn | to peck, strike |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | pikōną | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |