See also: pikis

Latvian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German pik or Middle Dutch pick (cf. German Pech) which, in turn, from Latin pix. From the latter (via Russian) also Latvian pekle (hell).[1]

Noun edit

piķis m (2nd declension)

  1. pitch
    piķa melna tumsapitch black darkness
  2. (slang) money
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Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “piķis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN