Where does “fiktiv” come from?

fiktiv (Danish) comes from French fictif, from New Latin fictivus, from Latin -ivus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

fiktiv (Danish): fictitious; fictional

Definitions

  1. fictitious; fictional

Ancestry of “fiktiv”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfictiffictional
2New Latinfictivus—
3Latin-ivusAdjective suffix
4Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
5Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -ivus →Every word from New Latin fictivus →