Indo-European etymology : Query result

Proto-IE: *peik'-

Meaning: to engrave, to write, to colour

Tokharian: A, B pik- (PT *pik-) 'write, paint' (Adams 383)

Old Indian: piṁśati `to hew out, carve; form, fashion, mould'; péśas- n., peśa- m. `shape, form, colour; ornament, decoration', peśalá- `adorned, decorated, beautiful', piśáŋga- `reddish, tawny'

Avestan: paes- `farbig machen, schmücken', paesa- m., paesah- n. `Schmuck, Zeirat'

Other Iranian: OPers nipistanaiy `schreiben'

Old Greek: poi̯kílo- `bunt(farbig)', bunt gearbeitet (gestickt, gewirkt, gewebt), mannigfaltig, gewandt, listig'

Slavic: *pьsā́tī, *pīsjǭ; *pьstrъ(jь), *pьstrǭgъ

Baltic: *peĩč- vb. tr., *paĩč-a-, *peĩč-a- c., *peĩč-ā̂ f., *paĩč-in̂- vb.

Germanic: *fáix-a- adj.; *faix-ō- vb., *faix-ia- vb.; *faix-an- m.

Latin: pingō, -ere, pīnxī, pictum `mit der Nadel sticken; malen', pigmentum n. `Farbe, Schminke, Schmuck'

Russ. meaning: вырезать узоры, писать, красить

References: WP II 9 f