Where does “pickadoll” come from?
pickadoll (Swedish) comes from Swedish revolver, from English revolver, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
pickadoll (Swedish): a pistol (gun)
Definitions
- a pistol (gun)
Ancestry of “pickadoll”, step by step
pickadoll traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish revolver
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | revolver | a revolver |
| 2 | English | revolver | A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling... |
| 3 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 4 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 5 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Swedish pistol
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | pistol | a pistol |
| 2 | French | pistole | handgun, pistol |
| 3 | Middle High German | pitschal | — |
| 4 | Czech | píšťala | whistle |
| 5 | Old Czech | píščala | whistle device used to make a whistling sound |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | piščalь | pipe; shinbone |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | piskati | to squeak, to whistle |
| 8 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | pīṣk- | — |