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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

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

Words derived from “pigell”

  • pickle
  • piccalilli
  • pickleweed
  • pickler
  • unpickle
  • pickleball
  • pickleback
  • picklehead
  • dill pickle
  • pickleable
  • pickleless
  • picklesome
  • pickles
  • piccalilly
  • piclier
  • picl'ye
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