Where does “feig” come from?

feig (German) comes 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, from Latin ficus — Ripe fig.

feig (German): Alternative form of feige

Definitions

Alternative form of feige

Ancestry of “feig”, step by step

feig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German feige

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	German	feige	cowardly, yellow; cowardly
2	Middle High German	vīge	fig fruit
3	Old High German	fīga	fig
4	Old French	figue	fig
5	Occitan	figa	fig
6	Old Occitan	figa	fig
7	Vulgar Latin	fica	fig; fig, fig-tree
8	Latin	ficus	fig tree; fig; hemorrhoids
9	Phoenician	??	Ripe fig

via Old Norse feigr

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old Norse	feigr	near to death, fay
2	Proto-Germanic	faigijaz	fey, doomed to die
3	Proto-Indo-European	peyḱ-	to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

Words derived from “feig”

Feigling

Every word from Phoenician ?? →Every word from Latin ficus →Every word from Vulgar Latin fica →