Where does “pigg” come from?

pigg (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse pík, from Proto-Germanic pīkaz — sharp point, pike, pickaxe, peak.

pigg (Norwegian Bokmål): a spike; a stud; a spine or quill

Definitions

  1. a spike; a stud; a spine or quill

Ancestry of “pigg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsepík—
2Proto-Germanicpīkazsharp point, pike, pickaxe, peak

Words derived from “pigg”

Every word from Proto-Germanic pīkaz →Every word from Old Norse pík →