Where does “pickles” come from?
pickles (Dutch) comes from English pickles, from Middle Dutch pekel, from Middle Low German pekel, from Old Saxon *pikkōn.
pickles (Dutch): piccalilli
Ancestry of “pickles”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | pickles | plural of pickle; Third-person singular simple... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | pekel | brine |
| 3 | Middle Low German | pekel | brine |
| 4 | Old Saxon | *pikkōn | — |