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Where does “fiksu” come from?

fiksu (Finnish) comes from Swedish fix, from German fix, from French fixe, from Middle French fixe, from Old French fix, from Latin fīxus, from Latin fīgō, from Proto-Italic feigʷō — to insert; to fasten.

fiksu (Finnish): clever, smart, sharp, bright

Definitions

  1. clever, smart, sharp, bright

Ancestry of “fiksu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishfixfixed, inflexible, rigid; a fix, a dose of an...
2Germanfixfixed; quick; smart
3Frenchfixefixed; first-person singular present indicative...
4Middle Frenchfixe—
5Old Frenchfixinflection of fil: ## oblique plural ##...
6Latinfīxus—
7Latinfīgō—
8Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten

Words derived from “fiksu”

  • fiksusti
  • fiksuus
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