Proto-Indo-European

*peyḱ-

‘to hew, cut out’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ-.

38 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ-, most familiar first.

• picture ← pictūra ← pingō ← *pingō ← *pinéḱti
• fish ← fisch ← fisċ ← *fisk ← *fiskaz
• file ← fēl ← *finhlō
• paint ← peynten ← peintier ← pingō ← *pingō
• fisher ← fischer ← fisċere ← *fiskārijaz ← *fiskaz
• pint ← pinte ← pinte ← *pincta ← picta
• feud ← fede ← faide ← faida ← *faihiþu
• depiction ← dēpictiō ← dēpingō ← pingō ← *pingō
• depict ← depicten ← dēpictus ← dēpingō ← pingō
• pigment ← pigmentum ← pingō ← *pingō ← *pinéḱti
• pictorial ← pictōrius ← pictor ← pingō ← *pingō
• pinto ← pictus ← pingō ← *pingō ← *pinéḱti

More words from *peyḱ-

• pimento
• piscina
• panga
• pictogram
• pictograph
• pimiento
• pictura
• pangasius
• piscatorial
• dipinto
• fishen
• piscivore
• piscetarian
• piscatory
• pisanka
• pictogramme
• piscose
• pinxit
• pisciform
• piscary
• pisculent
• poissonnier
• poikilitic
• poecilitic
• propiska
• pysanka

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ-