Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing. · An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object. · A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point. · A tiny particle; a small amount of something; a jot.
From Middle English prik, prikke, from Old English prica, pricu (“a sharp point, minute mark, spot, dot, small portion, prick”), from Proto-West Germanic *prikō, *priku, from Proto-Germanic *prikô, *prikō (“a prick, point”), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *breyǵ- (“to scrape, scratch, rub, prickle, chap”). Cognate with West Frisian prik (“small hole”), West Frisian prikke (“penis”), Dutch prik (“point, small stick", also "penis”), Danish prik (“dot”), Icelandic prik (“dot, small stick”).
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- Inherited-form mentionprikenm
- Inherited-form mentionpricaang
- Inherited-form mention*prikōgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*prikôgem-pro
- Derivation mention*breyǵ-ine-pro · to scrape, scratch, rub, prickle, chap
- Cognate mentionprikfy
- Cognate mentionprikkefy · penis
- Cognate mentionpriknl
- Cognate mentionprikda
- Cognate mentionprikis
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