Pingo
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From Proto-Indo-European *peyk- (“spot, color”), whence Ancient Greek ποικίλος (poikílos, “spotted, embroidered”), Proto-Slavic *pьstrъ (pestrý in Czech). Pokorny also links to the root: πικρός (pikros, “sharp, keen”), Proto-Slavic *pьsati (“paint, write”) (see Czech psát, Russian писать (pisatʹ), etc.), Proto-Germanic *faihaz (“spotted”), hence Old English fāh, Scottish faw, English fag.
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