Where does “bik” come from?

bik (Icelandic) comes from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik-, from Proto-Indo-European pi- — sap, juice.

bik (Icelandic): pitch, tar

Definitions

  1. pitch, tar

Ancestry of “bik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpixpitch, tar
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice

Words derived from “bik”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pik- →Every word from Latin pix →
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