Where does “piker” come from?
piker (English) comes from English Pike, from French piqué, from French piquer, from Middle French picquer, from Old French piquer, from Vulgar Latin piccare, from Frankish pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic pikōną — "low-pitch humming noise".
piker (English): A soldier armed with a pike, a pikeman; One who...
Definitions
- A soldier armed with a pike, a pikeman; One who...
Ancestry of “piker”, step by step
piker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Pike
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Pike | A member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity |
| 2 | French | piqué | past participle of piquer; dive; two fabrics... |
| 3 | French | piquer | to prick; to sting; to nick, pinch, steal |
| 4 | Middle French | picquer | to sting |
| 5 | Old French | piquer | to pierce with the tip of a sword |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | piccare | to puncture; to sting, strike; to pierce |
| 7 | Frankish | pikkōn | to peck, strike |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | pikōną | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |
via Turkish Piker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | Piker | — |