Where does “picura” come from?
picura (Romanian) comes from Romanian picur, from Romanian pic, from Vulgar Latin picca, from Latin pittus, from Proto-Celtic bikkos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰég-ko-s, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...
picura (Romanian): to drip
Ancestry of “picura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | picur | a drop |
| 2 | Romanian | pic | a drop; a bit |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | picca | — |
| 4 | Latin | pittus | small, little |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | bikkos | small, little |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰég-ko-s | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |