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
Ancestry of “feykja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | feykja | to blow, drive |
| 2 | Old Norse | fjúka | to be drifted; to fly |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | feukaną | to whisk; blow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pug- | billow, bulge, drift |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pew- | to blow, breathe; to fear; to blow, to breathe |