Where does “viksu” come from?
viksu (Ingrian) comes from Finnish fiksu, from Swedish fix, from German fix, from French fixe, from Middle French fixe, from Old French fix, from Latin fīxus, from Latin fīgō — to insert; to fasten.
viksu (Ingrian): decent, good
Definitions
- decent, good
Ancestry of “viksu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | fiksu | clever, smart, sharp, bright |
| 2 | Swedish | fix | fixed, inflexible, rigid; a fix, a dose of an... |
| 3 | German | fix | fixed; quick; smart |
| 4 | French | fixe | fixed; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 5 | Middle French | fixe | fixed |
| 6 | Old French | fix | inflection of fil: ## oblique plural ##... |
| 7 | Latin | fīxus | unwavering |
| 8 | Latin | fīgō | to fasten, fix |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | feigʷō | to insert; to fasten |