pyke
Middle English
/piːk/
noun
Definitions
- A sharp round point or projection.
- A point or end of something in general; especially the end of a shoe.
- A pike; a piercing weapon with a spike affixed.
- A pickaxe; an axe with a chisel edge on one side.
- A number of other tools noted for their pointiness.
- A barb or talon of an animal or a plant.
- A pike fish with a barbed mouth (Esox lucius)
- (rare) A peak; a hill.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English pīc (pointed object, pick axe) inherited from *pīk (pickaxe, sharp point) inherited from Proto-Germanic *pīkaz (pickaxe, peak).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*pīkaz
Gloss
pickaxe, peak
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
岳, 峰
Emoji
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- halfpike English
- hornpike English
- pick English
- pickerel English
- pike English
- pike-perch English
- pikehead English
- pikelike English
- pikeman English
- pikeminnow English
- pikeperch English
- piker English
- pikestaff English
- pikey English
- pikie English
- pic French
- *pikkaz Proto-Germanic
- *pīkaz Proto-Germanic
- *piccian Old English
- pīc Old English
- *peke Middle English
- pecken Middle English
- piken Middle English
- piker Middle English
- pikerel Middle English
- pikyng Middle English
- pykeharneys Middle English
- paidhc Irish
- pic Old French
- pig Welsh
- pike Middle Dutch
- *pīk Old High German
- pic Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- pique Middle French
- 𐍀𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍃 Gothic
- *pīk gmw-pro
- *becca Frankish
- *pīk Frankish