myEtymology.com: Spanish etymology of picagallina

Etymology of the Spanish word picagallina

the Spanish word picagallina

derived from the Old Spanish word picar

derived from the Spanish word pico

derived from the Latin word picus (woodpecker)

derived from the Celto-Latin word beccus

derived from the Latin root *piccare

derived from the Spanish word gallina

derived from the Latin word gallina (hen)

derived from the Classical Latin word gallus (cock; cock, rooster)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gal-

derived from the Greek word gallos