piquer
French
verb
Definitions
- to prick pierce with a prick
- to sting feel a stinging pain
- (colloquial) to nick, pinch, steal
- (reflexive) to pride oneself on; to like to think that one can do (+ de)
- (textiles) to stitch together
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French picquer inherited from Old French piquer (pierce with the tip of a sword) inherited from Latin *pīccare derived from Frankish *pikkōn (strike, peck) derived from Proto-Germanic *pikōną derived from Proto-Indo-European *beu-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*beu-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- piquette English
- *pikkāre Latin
- *pīccare Latin
- picca Latin
- picus Latin
- punctiō Latin
- pīccare Latin
- pīcus Latin
- piken German
- pikieren German
- piksen German
- piccarsi Italian
- pekel Dutch, Flemish
- pekelen Dutch, Flemish
- pekelhoer Dutch, Flemish
- pekelvlees Dutch, Flemish
- assiette French
- pic French
- picotement French
- picoter French
- piquage French
- pique-assiette French
- piquette French
- piqûre French
- repiquage French
- repiquer French
- surpiquer French
- picabayas Spanish, Castilian
- picadero Spanish, Castilian
- picador Spanish, Castilian
- picadura Spanish, Castilian
- picamaderos Spanish, Castilian
- picante Spanish, Castilian
- picapinos Spanish, Castilian
- picapleitos Spanish, Castilian
- picar Spanish, Castilian
- picatroncos Spanish, Castilian
- picazón Spanish, Castilian
- salpicar Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)peyk- Proto-Indo-European
- *beu- Proto-Indo-European
- *būd- Proto-Germanic
- *pikkōną Proto-Germanic
- *pikōną Proto-Germanic
- picken Middle English
- pikka Old Norse
- pikier Old French
- piquer Old French
- peeckel Middle Dutch
- picquer Middle French
- piikk Westrobothnian
- *pikkōn Frankish
- *pīk Frankish
- pitcher Gallo