Where does “пикниковый” come from?
пикниковый (Russian) comes from Russian пикник, from French pique-nique, 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".
пикниковый (Russian): picnic (an informal social gathering)
Definitions
- picnic (an informal social gathering)
Ancestry of “пикниковый”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | пикник | picnic |
| 2 | French | pique-nique | picnic |
| 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" |