Where does “píce” come from?

píce (Irish) comes from Old French [[pike, from Latin picca, from Proto-Germanic *pīk, from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik-, from Proto-Indo-European pi- — sap, juice.

píce (Irish): pike; fork; pitchfork; peak; sprit

Definitions

  1. pike; fork; pitchfork; peak; sprit

Ancestry of “píce”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old French[[pike—
2Latinpiccapickaxe, pike
3Proto-Germanic*pīk—
4Latinpixpitch, tar
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pik- →Every word from Latin pix →