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
- to slap in the face, to box someone's ears
Ancestry of “ohrfeigen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ohrfeige | A box on the ear, cuff on the ear; slap in the... |
| 2 | German | feige | cowardly, yellow; cowardly |
| 3 | Middle High German | vīge | fig fruit |
| 4 | Old High German | fīga | fig |
| 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 |