Where does “piki” come from?

piki (Finnish) comes from Old Swedish bik, from Middle Low German pik, from Old Saxon pik, from Proto-West Germanic *pik, from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik-, from Proto-Indo-European pi- — sap, juice.

piki (Finnish): pitch

Definitions

  1. pitch

Ancestry of “piki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishbik—
2Middle Low Germanpik—
3Old Saxonpik—
4Proto-West Germanic*pik—
5Latinpixpitch, tar
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice

Words derived from “piki”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pik- →Every word from Latin pix →
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