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)

sharp point, peak
spike, pike

Declension

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

Descendants

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

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