Where does “peg” come from?

peg (Cornish) comes from Proto-Brythonic *pɨg, from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik-, from Proto-Indo-European pi- — sap, juice.

peg (Cornish): pitch, tar

Definitions

  1. pitch, tar

Ancestry of “peg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonic*pɨgpitch, tar
2Latinpixpitch, tar
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pik- →Every word from Latin pix →