Where does “Pickel” come from?

Pickel (German) comes from Old High German pīk, from Proto-West Germanic pīk, from Proto-Germanic pīkaz — sharp point, pike, pickaxe, peak.

Pickel (German): pimple; pickaxe

Definitions

  1. pimple; pickaxe

Ancestry of “Pickel”, step by step

Pickel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German pīk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanpīk—
2Proto-West Germanicpīksharp point, pike
3Proto-Germanicpīkazsharp point, pike, pickaxe, peak

via German pocke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanpockepock

Words derived from “Pickel”

Every word from Proto-Germanic pīkaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic pīk →Every word from Old High German pīk →
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