Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/pikos

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This Proto-Italic 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.

Proto-Italic

Etymology

See Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- for cognates; possibly originally an onomatopoeic word.

Noun

*pikos m[1][2]

  1. woodpecker

Declension

Declension of *pikos (o-stem)
singular plural
nominative *pikos *pikōs, pikoi
vocative *pike *pikōs, pikoi
accusative *pikom *pikons
genitive *pikosjo, pikī *pikom
dative *pikōi *pikois
ablative *pikōd *pikois
locative *pikei *pikois

Descendants

  • Latin: pīcus
  • Umbrian: peico (acc. sg.), peiqu (abl. sg.)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “pīcus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 464
  2. ^ Untermann, Jürgen (2000) Wörterbuch des Oskisch-Umbrischen [Dictionary of Oscan-Umbrian] (Handbuch der italischen Dialekte; 3), Heidelberg: Winter, →ISBN, page 526