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Where does “píka” come from?

píka (Old Norse) comes from Finnish piika — maid; girl; a girlchild.

píka (Old Norse): a girl, a lass, a virgin; a young girl, a working...

Definitions

  1. a girl, a lass, a virgin; a young girl, a working...

Ancestry of “píka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpiikamaid; girl; a girlchild

Words derived from “píka”

  • piga
  • blomsterpike
  • stuepike
  • pike
  • brudepike
  • afturbatapíka
  • píka
  • píka
  • pia
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