Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/peikā

This Proto-Italic 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.

Proto-Italic

Etymology

See Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- for cognates; possibly originally an onomatopoeic word. Apparently a vṛddhi relative of *pikos (“woodpecker”).

Noun

*peikā f^[1]^[2]

magpie

Declension

Declension of *peikā (ā-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*peikā	*peikās
vocative	*peika	*peikās
accusative	*peikam	*peikans
genitive	*peikās	*peikāzom
dative	*peikāi	*peikais
ablative	*peikād	*peikais
locative	*peikāi	*peikais

Related terms

*pikos

Descendants

Latin: pīca (see there for further descendants)
Umbrian: peica (acc./abl sg.)

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “pīcus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 464
^ Untermann, Jürgen (2000) Wörterbuch des Oskisch-Umbrischen [Dictionary of Oscan-Umbrian] (Handbuch der italischen Dialekte; 3), Heidelberg: Winter, →ISBN, page 526

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “pīcus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 464

[2] Untermann, Jürgen (2000) Wörterbuch des Oskisch-Umbrischen [Dictionary of Oscan-Umbrian] (Handbuch der italischen Dialekte; 3), Heidelberg: Winter, →ISBN, page 526

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