Where does “pik” come from?

pik (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon pik, from Proto-West Germanic *pik, from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik-, from Proto-Indo-European pi- — sap, juice.

Ancestry of “pik”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pik”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pik- →Every word from Latin pix →
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