Where does “petouco” come from?

petouco (Galician) comes from Galician peto, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peyk- — name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie.

petouco (Galician): peak; heap

Definitions

  1. peak; heap

Ancestry of “petouco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianpetowoodpecker; money box; poor box; pocket
2Proto-Indo-European(s)peyk-name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)peyk- →Every word from Galician peto →