Where does “viikunapuu” come from?

viikunapuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish viikuna, from Swedish fikon, from Middle Low German vige, from Vulgar Latin fica, from Latin ficus, from Phoenician ?? — Ripe fig.

viikunapuu (Finnish): fig

Definitions

  1. fig

Ancestry of “viikunapuu”, step by step

viikunapuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viikuna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviikunafig; fig, figtree
2Swedishfikona fig
3Middle Low Germanvige—
4Vulgar Latinficafig; fig, fig-tree
5Latinficusfig tree; fig; hemorrhoids
6Phoenician??Ripe fig

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Phoenician ?? →Every word from Latin ficus →Every word from Vulgar Latin fica →