Reconstruction:Latin/piccus

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Possible borrowing from Frankish *pikk, *pīk (compare Dutch piek (“peak, pike”), from Proto-Germanic *pikjaz, *pīkaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpikkos/

Noun

*pīccus m (oblique *pīccum); second declension (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. sharp point, peak
2. spike, pike

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/ˈpikkos/	*/ˈpitt͡ʃi/
oblique	*/ˈpikku/	*/ˈpikkos/

Descendants

• Old French: pic, pik
  • Middle French: pic
    • French: pic ⇒ pivert
• Iberian:
  • Aragonese: pico
  • Old Leonese: picu
    • Asturian: picu
    • Leonese: picu
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: pico
    • Galician: pico
    • Portuguese: pico
  • Spanish: pico
    • → Sardinian: picu
  • → Sicilian: picu
• Italian: picco
• Old Occitan: pic
  • Occitan: pic
  • Catalan: pic