Where does “Pict” come from?

Pict (English) comes from Proto-Slavic peťi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic pektei, from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti, from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-.

Pict (English): A member of an ancient people of northern and...

Definitions

  1. A member of an ancient people of northern and...

Ancestry of “Pict”, step by step

Pict traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic peťi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpeťito bake; to get motivated, to put effort into, to...
2Proto-Balto-Slavicpekteito bake
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpékʷetito be cooking; to ripen
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-—

via Latin Pictus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPictusa Pict, a resident of early Scotland
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “Pict”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti →