piķis

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See also: pikis

Latvian

Etymology

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

piķis m (2nd declension)

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

References

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