Where does “spīcum” come from?

spīcum (Latin) comes from Latin spīca, from Proto-Italic speikā, from Proto-Indo-European spey- — sharp point, stick.

Ancestry of “spīcum”, step by step

spīcum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin spīca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspīcaa head, ear, spike
2Proto-Italicspeikā—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspey-sharp point, stick

via Proto-Indo-European spheh₁y-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanspheh₁y-sharp, sharp stick

Words derived from “spīcum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European spey- →Every word from Proto-Italic speikā →Every word from Latin spīca →