piocaid

piocaid
pickaxe, Irish piocóid; from pioc, English pick, a pickaxe, from French pic (do.). Whether the termination is Gadelic or the French word piquet, little pickaxe, English picket, was borrwed at once, it is hard to say.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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