Where does “Pikder” come from?

Pikder (Pennsylvania German) comes from English picture, from Middle English pycture, from Old French picture, from Latin pictūra, from Latin pingō, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

Pikder (Pennsylvania German): picture

Definitions

  1. picture

Ancestry of “Pikder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpictureA representation of anything upon canvas, paper,...
2Middle Englishpycture—
3Old Frenchpicture—
4Latinpictūrapainting, the art of painting
5Latinpingōto decorate, adorn, embellish
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- →Every word from Latin pingō →Every word from Latin pictūra →