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Where does “fisgar” come from?

fisgar (Galician) comes from Vulgar Latin fixicare, from Latin fīxus, from Latin fīgō, from Proto-Italic feigʷō — to insert; to fasten.

Ancestry of “fisgar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinfixicare—
2Latinfīxus—
3Latinfīgō—
4Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten

Words derived from “fisgar”

  • fisga
Every word from Proto-Italic feigʷō →