Where does “pikánsabb” come from?
pikánsabb (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian pikáns, from German pikant, from French piquant, from French piquer, from Middle French picquer, from Old French piquer, from Vulgar Latin piccare, from Frankish pikkōn — "low-pitch humming noise".
Ancestry of “pikánsabb”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | pikáns | piquant; naughty |
| 2 | German | pikant | piquant |
| 3 | French | piquant | Spiky, spiny; Of food: piquant, spicy; Cold;... |
| 4 | French | piquer | to prick; to sting; to nick, pinch, steal |
| 5 | Middle French | picquer | to sting |
| 6 | Old French | piquer | to pierce with the tip of a sword |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | piccare | to puncture; to sting, strike; to pierce |
| 8 | Frankish | pikkōn | to peck, strike |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | pikōną | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |