Where does “pikétröja” come from?
pikétröja (Swedish) comes from Swedish piké, from French piquet, from French piquer, from Middle French picquer, from Old French piquer, from Vulgar Latin piccare, from Frankish pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic pikōną — "low-pitch humming noise".
pikétröja (Swedish): a polo shirt
Definitions
- a polo shirt
Ancestry of “pikétröja”, step by step
pikétröja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish piké
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | piké | piqué a type of fabric |
| 2 | French | piquet | picket; A school punishment in which a student... |
| 3 | French | piquer | to prick; to sting; to nick, pinch, steal |
| 4 | Middle French | picquer | to sting |
| 5 | Old French | piquer | to pierce with the tip of a sword |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | piccare | to puncture; to sting, strike; to pierce |
| 7 | Frankish | pikkōn | to peck, strike |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | pikōną | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |