Where does “Feigling” come from?
Feigling (German) comes from German feig, from German feige, from Middle High German vīge, from Old High German fīga, from Old French figue, from Occitan figa, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin fica — Ripe fig.
Feigling (German): coward, chicken
Ancestry of “Feigling”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | feig | Alternative form of feige |
| 2 | German | feige | cowardly, yellow; cowardly |
| 3 | Middle High German | vīge | — |
| 4 | Old High German | fīga | — |
| 5 | Old French | figue | fig |
| 6 | Occitan | figa | fig |
| 7 | Old Occitan | figa | fig |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | fica | fig; fig, fig-tree |
| 9 | Latin | ficus | fig tree; fig; hemorrhoids |
| 10 | Phoenician | ?? | Ripe fig |