Where does “pik” come from?

pik (Old Saxon) comes 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
1Proto-West Germanic*pik
2Latinpixpitch, tar
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice

Words derived from “pik

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