Where does “pikanttius” come from?
pikanttius (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".
pikanttius (Finnish): poignancy
Definitions
- poignancy
Ancestry of “pikanttius”, step by step
pikanttius 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 uus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uus | Alternative form of uusi |