Where does “pikantisti” come from?
pikantisti (Finnish) comes from Finnish pikantti, from French piquant, 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".
pikantisti (Finnish): poignantly
Definitions
- poignantly
Ancestry of “pikantisti”, step by step
pikantisti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pikantti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pikantti | poignant |
| 2 | French | piquant | Spiky, spiny; Of food: piquant, spicy; Cold;... |
| 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 Finnish sti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sti | — |