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.

fisgar (Galician): to gig, harpoon

Definitions

  1. to gig, harpoon

Ancestry of “fisgar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinfixicare—
2Latinfīxusunwavering
3Latinfīgōto fasten, fix
4Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten

Words derived from “fisgar”

Every word from Proto-Italic feigʷō →Every word from Latin fīgō →Every word from Latin fīxus →