Where does “feykja” come from?

feykja (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse feykja, from Old Norse fjúka, from Proto-Germanic feukaną, from Proto-Indo-European pug-, from Proto-Indo-European pew- — to blow, breathe; to fear; to blow, to breathe.

feykja (Icelandic): to blow, drive

Definitions

  1. to blow, drive

Ancestry of “feykja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefeykjato blow, drive
2Old Norsefjúkato be drifted; to fly
3Proto-Germanicfeukanąto whisk; blow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpug-billow, bulge, drift
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpew-to blow, breathe; to fear; to blow, to breathe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pug- →Every word from Proto-Germanic feukaną →