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Where does “piak” come from?

piak (Volapük) comes from Hungarian -k, from Hungarian -ö-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.

piak (Volapük): magpie

Definitions

  1. magpie

Ancestry of “piak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarian-k-s, -es; Denotes the first-person singular...
2Hungarian-ö-linking vowel
3Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
4Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending

Words derived from “piak”

  • hipiak
  • jipiak
Every word from Middle Welsh -nt →