Where does “پیكه” come from?
پیكه (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian پایگاه, from Persian پای, from English PIE, from Middle English pie, from Old French pié, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
پیكه (Ottoman Turkish): footrest, footboard, a board, support, or small raised platform on which to support or rest the feet
Definitions
- footrest, footboard, a board, support, or small raised platform on which to support or rest the feet
Ancestry of “پیكه”, step by step
پیكه traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian پایگاه
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | پایگاه | base; foothold; website, short for پایگاه... |
| 2 | Persian | پای | foot; pie |
| 3 | English | PIE | A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. (Savory pies are more popular in the UK and sweet pies are more popular in the US, so "pie" without qualification has different connotations in these dialects.) |
| 4 | Middle English | pie | Alternative form of pye |
| 5 | Old French | pié | foot |
| 6 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via French piqué
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | piqué | past participle of piquer; dive; two fabrics... |
| 2 | French | piquer | to prick; to sting; to nick, pinch, steal |
| 3 | Middle French | picquer | to sting |
| 4 | Old French | piquer | to pierce with the tip of a sword |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | piccare | to puncture; to sting, strike; to pierce |
| 6 | Frankish | pikkōn | to peck, strike |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | pikōną | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |