Where does “Pikdame” come from?

Pikdame (German) comes from German Dame, from Italian dama, from Polish dama, from French dame, from Old French dame, from Late Latin domna, from Latin domina, from Latin Dominus — to build; to arrange, to put together.

Pikdame (German): queen of spades playing card

Definitions

  1. queen of spades playing card

Ancestry of “Pikdame”, step by step

Pikdame traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Dame

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDamelady; lady; madam; queen
2Italiandamalady; draughts / checkers; king
3Polishdamalady; queen
4FrenchdameA lady; A polite form of address for a woman;...
5Old Frenchdamelady; woman
6Late Latindomnalady, mistress
7Latindominalady or mistress of the house
8LatinDominusthe Lord; Lord; The Lord
9Latindomushouse, home; any building or abode; native place,...
10Proto-Italicdomoshouse, home
11Proto-Indo-Europeandṓmhome; house
12Proto-Indo-Europeandem-to build; to arrange, to put together

via German Pik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPikspades; shrewdness, scoff, wont to be mean;...
2Frenchpiquépast participle of piquer; dive; two fabrics...
3Frenchpiquerto prick; to sting; to nick, pinch, steal
4Middle Frenchpicquerto sting
5Old Frenchpiquerto pierce with the tip of a sword
6Vulgar Latinpiccareto puncture; to sting, strike; to pierce
7Frankishpikkōnto peck, strike
8Proto-Germanicpikōną
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dem-
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