beak
English
/biːk/
noun
Definitions
- Anatomical uses.
- Figurative uses.
- Colloquial uses.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bec derived from Latin beccus (beak) derived from Gaulish *bekkos derived from Proto-Celtic *bekkos (beak, hook, snout) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bak- (pointed stick, peg).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bak-
Gloss
pointed stick, peg
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beakfish English
- beakful English
- beakhead English
- beakiness English
- beakish English
- beakless English
- beaklessness English
- beaklike English
- beaky English
- cross English
- crossbeak English
- debeak English
- fish English
- half English
- halfbeak English
- head English
- horn English
- hornbeak English
- kaka English
- kakabeak English
- long English
- longbeak English
- sticky English
- stickybeak English
- *piccus Latin
- baculum Latin
- beccus Latin
- becco Italian
- bec French
- bâcler French
- débâcle French
- picazo Spanish, Castilian
- pico Spanish, Castilian
- picotazo Spanish, Castilian
- picotear Spanish, Castilian
- picozapato Spanish, Castilian
- picudo Spanish, Castilian
- piquete Spanish, Castilian
- piquirrojo Spanish, Castilian
- βακτήριον Ancient Greek
- βακτηρία Ancient Greek
- *bak- Proto-Indo-European
- *pagilaz Proto-Germanic
- *pig- Proto-Germanic
- bec Middle English
- bec Catalan, Valencian
- bicar Galician
- beko Ido
- baec Norman
- bico Old Portuguese
- *bekkos Proto-Celtic
- bèc Occitan
- bec Friulian
- bek Old Frisian
- bico Old Spanish
- beg Breton
- beg-botez Breton
- Bäk Saterland Frisian
- *beccos Gaulish
- *bekkos Gaulish
- tlölpico Tetelcingo Nahuatl
- píko Western Juxtlahuaca Mixtec