Where does “pikimusta” come from?
pikimusta (Finnish) comes from Finnish piki, 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.
pikimusta (Finnish): Pitch black
Ancestry of “pikimusta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | piki | pitch |
| 2 | Old Swedish | bik | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | pik | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | pik | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *pik | — |
| 6 | Latin | pix | pitch, tar |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pik- | to be angry; pitch; resin |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pi- | sap, juice |