Where does “ohrfeigen” come from?

ohrfeigen (German) comes from German Ohrfeige, 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.

ohrfeigen (German): to slap in the face, to box someone's ears

Definitions

  1. to slap in the face, to box someone's ears

Ancestry of “ohrfeigen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanOhrfeigeA box on the ear, cuff on the ear; slap in the...
2Germanfeigecowardly, yellow; cowardly
3Middle High Germanvīgefig fruit
4Old High Germanfīgafig
5Old Frenchfiguefig
6Occitanfigafig
7Old Occitanfigafig
8Vulgar Latinficafig; fig, fig-tree
9Latinficusfig tree; fig; hemorrhoids
10Phoenician??Ripe fig
Every word from Phoenician ??Every word from Latin ficusEvery word from Vulgar Latin fica