picken

Meaning

to peck (of a bird)

Frequency

40k
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

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Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɪkŋ/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German bicken, from Old High German bicken, from Proto-West Germanic *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną (“to pick, peck, prick, knock”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bu- (“to make a dull, hollow sound”).

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