ċkejken
Maltese
/ˈt͡ʃkɛj.kɛn/
adjective
Definitions
- small, little
Etymology
Derived from Sicilian picculu derived from Latin ciccum (trifle, bagatelle, insignificant thing).
Origin
Latin
ciccum
Gloss
trifle, bagatelle, insignificant thing
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- piccolo English
- piccolo Finnish
- pikkolo Finnish
- *peccuīnus Latin
- *pikk Latin
- ciccum Latin
- Piccoloflöte German
- piccolo Hungarian
- pikoló Hungarian
- cica Italian
- impiccolire Italian
- piccoletto Italian
- piccolezza Italian
- piccolino Italian
- piccolissimo Italian
- piccolo Italian
- piccolotto Italian
- piccolo Dutch, Flemish
- pico- Dutch, Flemish
- piccolo French
- пикколо Russian
- chica Spanish, Castilian
- chico Spanish, Castilian
- empequeñecer Spanish, Castilian
- pequeñajo Spanish, Castilian
- pequeño Spanish, Castilian
- pequeñuelo Spanish, Castilian
- pequeñín Spanish, Castilian
- piccolo Spanish, Castilian
- κίκκος Ancient Greek
- flet piccolo Polish
- piccolo Polish
- pikolo Polish
- piccolo Danish
- chiche Old French
- xic Catalan, Valencian
- ciucure Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- πίκολο Greek (modern)
- picculu Sicilian
- pìcolo Ligurian
- chika Ladino
- *číkko Mozarabic