Where does “pik” come from?

pik (Danish) comes from Old Norse pikka, from Proto-Germanic pikkōną, from Proto-Indo-European bew- — "low-pitch humming noise".

pik (Danish): cock, penis; peck

Definitions

  1. cock, penis; peck

Ancestry of “pik”, step by step

pik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse pikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsepikkato prick, peck
2Proto-Germanicpikkōnąto pick, peck, prick
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"

via Proto-Germanic pikkaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicpikkaz—

Words derived from “pik”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic pikkōną →Every word from Old Norse pikka →