Where does “prikke” come from?
prikke (Danish) comes from Middle Low German pricke, from Old Saxon *prikkian, from Proto-Germanic prikjaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
Ancestry of “prikke”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | pricke | a prick |
| 2 | Old Saxon | *prikkian | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | prikjaną | to stick; prick |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |