Where does “pigell” come from?

pigell (Middle English) comes from Proto-Germanic pig-, from Proto-Indo-European baḱ- — club, pointed stick, peg; pointed stick, peg.

pigell (Middle English): spicy sauce served with meat or fish

Definitions

  1. spicy sauce served with meat or fish

Ancestry of “pigell”, step by step

pigell traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic pig-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicpig-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbaḱ-club, pointed stick, peg; pointed stick, peg

via Cornish ell

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishell—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European baḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic pig- →