Where does “prick” come from?
prick (Swedish) comes from Middle Low German pricken, from Old Saxon *prikkian, from Proto-Germanic prikjaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
prick (Swedish): exactly, sharp, on the spot; a dot, small spot; a...
Definitions
- exactly, sharp, on the spot; a dot, small spot; a...
Ancestry of “prick”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | pricken | to prick |
| 2 | Old Saxon | *prikkian | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | prikjaną | to stick; prick |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “prick”