Where does “pik” come from?
pik (Polish) comes from French pique, from French piquer, from Middle French picquer, from Old French piquer, from Vulgar Latin piccare, from Frankish pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic pikōną, from Proto-Indo-European bew- — "low-pitch humming noise".
pik (Polish): A spade; peak; genitive plural of pika
Definitions
- A spade; peak; genitive plural of pika
Ancestry of “pik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | pique | pike, lance; spade; inflection of piquer:
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| 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" |