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Where does “fiko” come from?

fiko (Esperanto) comes from German Fick, from German Friedrich, from Old High German Fridurih, from Proto-West Germanic Friþurīk, from Proto-Germanic Friþurīks, from Proto-Germanic rīks, from Proto-Celtic rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵs — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

fiko (Esperanto): fuck

Definitions

  1. fuck

Ancestry of “fiko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFickThe sexual act, a fuck; A sexual partner, a fuck
2GermanFriedrichFrederick
3Old High GermanFridurih—
4Proto-West GermanicFriþurīkA male given name
5Proto-GermanicFriþurīkspeaceful ruler; peace king, peaceful ruler; prace...
6Proto-Germanicrīksking, ruler
7Proto-Celticrīxsking
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rḗǵsking, ruler
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just
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