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): /pikkʊs/

Noun

*pīccus m (oblique *pīccum); second declension (Proto-Romance)

sharp point, peak
spike, pike

Inflection

Second declension.

Italo-Western declension of *pīccus
Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	*píccọs	*pícci
genitive	*pícci	*piccọ́rọ
dative	*píccọ	*píccis
accusative-ablative	*píccọ	*píccọs

Sardinian declension of *pīccus
Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	*píccus	*pícci
genitive	*pícci	*piccóru
dative	*pícco	*píccis
accusative-ablative	*píccu	*píccos

Descendants

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