Where does “pikdento” come from?
pikdento (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto piki, from French piquer, from Middle French picquer, from Old French piquer, from Vulgar Latin piccare, from Frankish pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic pikōną, from Proto-Indo-European bew- — "low-pitch humming noise".
pikdento (Esperanto): tusk
Definitions
- tusk
Ancestry of “pikdento”, step by step
pikdento traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto piki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | piki | to prick, sting; to poke |
| 2 | French | piquer | to prick; to sting; to nick, pinch, steal |
| 3 | Middle French | picquer | to sting |
| 4 | Old French | piquer | to pierce with the tip of a sword |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | piccare | to puncture; to sting, strike; to pierce |
| 6 | Frankish | pikkōn | to peck, strike |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | pikōną | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |