Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/pikos

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.

Noun

*pikos m^[1]^[2]

woodpecker

Declension

Declension of *pikos (o-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*pikos	*pikōs, pikoi
vocative	*pike	*pikōs, pikoi
accusative	*pikom	*pikons
genitive	*pikosjo, pikī	*pikom
dative	*pikōi	*pikois
ablative	*pikōd	*pikois
locative	*pikei	*pikois

Related terms

*peikā

Descendants

Latin: pīcus
Umbrian: peico (acc. sg.), peiqu (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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