Where does “picke” come from?

picke (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch pīk, from Proto-Germanic *pīk, from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik-, from Proto-Indo-European pi- — sap, juice.

Ancestry of “picke”, step by step

picke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch pīk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchpīk—
2Proto-Germanic*pīk—
3Latinpixpitch, tar
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice

via Middle High German bicken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbicken—
2Old High Germanbicken—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pik- →Every word from Latin pix →