pricket
‘a small point or spike for holding a candle upright’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. precat, priket, prikkett, prykett < M.E. prikke ‘a pointed object' + -et < O.F. -et,-ette < Vulgar Lat. -ittum / -itta < uht < -et < Tamil iṭṭu