Where does “пике́т” come from?
пике́т (Russian) comes from German Pikett, from French piquet, from French piquer, from Middle French picquer, from Old French piquer, from Vulgar Latin piccare, from Frankish pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic pikōną — "low-pitch humming noise".
пике́т (Russian): picket (soldiers or troops placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance)
Definitions
- picket (soldiers or troops placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance)
Ancestry of “пике́т”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Pikett | — |
| 2 | French | piquet | picket; A school punishment in which a student... |
| 3 | French | piquer | to prick; to sting; to nick, pinch, steal |
| 4 | Middle French | picquer | to sting |
| 5 | Old French | piquer | to pierce with the tip of a sword |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | piccare | to puncture; to sting, strike; to pierce |
| 7 | Frankish | pikkōn | to peck, strike |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | pikōną | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |