Where does “picoteală” come from?
picoteală (Romanian) comes from Romanian picoti, from Romanian pica, from French piqué, from French piquer, from Middle French picquer, from Old French piquer, from Vulgar Latin piccare, from Frankish pikkōn — "low-pitch humming noise".
picoteală (Romanian): slumber
Definitions
- slumber
Ancestry of “picoteală”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | picoti | to doze |
| 2 | Romanian | pica | to drip; to fall; to fail |
| 3 | French | piqué | past participle of piquer; dive; two fabrics... |
| 4 | French | piquer | to prick; to sting; to nick, pinch, steal |
| 5 | Middle French | picquer | to sting |
| 6 | Old French | piquer | to pierce with the tip of a sword |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | piccare | to puncture; to sting, strike; to pierce |
| 8 | Frankish | pikkōn | to peck, strike |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | pikōną | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |