Where does “Pechsträhne” come from?

Pechsträhne (German) comes from German Pech, from Old High German peh, from Proto-Germanic *pīk, from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik-, from Proto-Indo-European pi- — sap, juice.

Pechsträhne (German): a streak of bad luck

Definitions

  1. a streak of bad luck

Ancestry of “Pechsträhne”, step by step

Pechsträhne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Pech

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPechpitch; bad luck, misfortune
2Old High Germanpeh—
3Proto-Germanic*pīk—
4Latinpixpitch, tar
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice

via German Strähne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSträhnestrand
2Middle High Germanstreneskein, strand
3Old High Germanstrenostrand
4Proto-West Germanic*strenōstrand
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pik- →Every word from Latin pix →