Where does “picciuni” come from?

picciuni (Sicilian) comes from Latin pīpiōnem, from Latin pīpiō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

picciuni (Sicilian): pigeon

Definitions

  1. pigeon

Ancestry of “picciuni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpīpiōnem—
2Latinpīpiōto chirp, to pipe
3Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →