Where does “piak” come from?
piak (Volapük) comes from Hungarian pia, from Hungarian piál, from Romani pijel — to drink.
piak (Volapük): magpie
Ancestry of “piak”, step by step
piak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian pia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | pia | booze, drink, grog, liquor |
| 2 | Hungarian | piál | to booze, drink |
| 3 | Romani | pijel | to drink |
via Latin pīca
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | pīca | magpie |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)peyk- | name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie |
Words derived from “piak”