Where does “пикетчик” come from?
пикетчик (Russian) comes from Russian пике́т, from German Pikett, from French piquet, from French piquer, from Middle French picquer, from Old French piquer, from Vulgar Latin piccare, from Frankish pikkōn — "low-pitch humming noise".
пикетчик (Russian): picketer
Ancestry of “пикетчик”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | пике́т | — |
| 2 | German | Pikett | — |
| 3 | French | piquet | picket; A school punishment in which a student... |
| 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" |