Where does “Piksieben” come from?
Piksieben (German) comes from German Pik, from French piqué, from French piquer, from Middle French picquer, from Old French piquer, from Vulgar Latin piccare, from Frankish pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic pikōną — "low-pitch humming noise".
Piksieben (German): seven of spades
Definitions
- seven of spades
Ancestry of “Piksieben”, step by step
Piksieben traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Pik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Pik | spades; shrewdness, scoff, wont to be mean;... |
| 2 | French | piqué | past participle of piquer; dive; two fabrics... |
| 3 | French | piquer | to prick; to sting; to nick, pinch, steal |
| 4 | Middle French | picquer | to sting |
| 5 | Old French | piquer | to pierce with the tip of a sword |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | piccare | to puncture; to sting, strike; to pierce |
| 7 | Frankish | pikkōn | to peck, strike |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | pikōną | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |