Reconstruction:Latin/picco

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 *pikkōn (“to peck, strike”). Alternatively from or influenced by pīcus (“woodpecker”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpikko/

Verb

*pīccō (present infinitive *pīccāre, perfect active *pīccāvī, supine *pīccātum); first conjugation (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

strike
sting

Derived terms

Descendants

Old French: piquer, picquer
- Middle French: picquer, piquer
  - French: piquer
Iberian:
- Aragonese: picar
- Old Leonese: picare
  - Asturian: picare
  - Leonese: picare
- Old Galician-Portuguese: picar
  - Galician: picar
  - Portuguese: picar
- Spanish: picar
Italian: piccare
Old Occitan: picar
- Occitan: picar
- Catalan: picar

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