Where does “пиковый” come from?

пиковый (Russian) comes from Russian пик, from French pic, from Spanish pico, from Old Spanish bico, from Latin beccus, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

пиковый (Russian): spades

Definitions

  1. spades

Ancestry of “пиковый”, step by step

пиковый traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian пик

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпикpeak; genitive plural of пи́ка; genitive of пи́ки
2Frenchpicwoodpecker; pick; peak, summit
3Spanishpicobeak; sharp point; pick, pickaxe
4Old Spanishbico
5Latinbeccusbeak, bill
6Latin-āceusaceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to
7Latin-āxish, -y
8Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
9Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
10Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
11Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Russian пи́ка

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпи́каlance, pike
2Polishpikapike; genitive singular of pik; accusative...
3Frenchpiquépast participle of piquer; dive; two fabrics...
4Frenchpiquerto prick; to sting; to nick, pinch, steal
5Middle Frenchpicquerto sting
6Old Frenchpiquerto pierce with the tip of a sword
7Vulgar Latinpiccareto puncture; to sting, strike; to pierce
8Frankishpikkōnto peck, strike
9Proto-Germanicpikōną
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós