Where does “pikken” come from?
pikken (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian pikk, from German Pik, from French piqué, from French piquer, from Middle French picquer, from Old French piquer, from Vulgar Latin piccare, from Frankish pikkōn — "low-pitch humming noise".
pikken (Hungarian): superessive singular of pikk
Definitions
- superessive singular of pikk
Ancestry of “pikken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | pikk | spade |
| 2 | German | Pik | spades; shrewdness, scoff, wont to be mean;... |
| 3 | French | piqué | past participle of piquer; dive; two fabrics... |
| 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" |