Where does “pichfork” come from?

pichfork (Middle English) comes from Middle English picchen, from Middle English pikken, from Old English piccian, from Proto-West Germanic pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic pikkōną, from Proto-Indo-European bew- — "low-pitch humming noise".

pichfork (Middle English): A pitchfork; A fire iron resembling a fork

Definitions

  1. A pitchfork; A fire iron resembling a fork

Ancestry of “pichfork”, step by step

pichfork traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English picchen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishpicchen—
2Middle EnglishpikkenAlternative form of piken; to pick, pierce; to...
3Old Englishpiccian—
4Proto-West Germanicpikkōnto peck, strike
5Proto-Germanicpikkōnąto pick, peck, prick
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"

via Middle English forke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishforkeA fork or graip; A fork-shaped fire iron; A...
2Old Englishforce(found in compounds)
3Proto-West Germanicfurkōfork
4LatinfurcaA two-pronged fork, pitchfork; A fork-shaped...

Words derived from “pichfork”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic pikkōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic pikkōn →