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Where does “Fiicht” come from?

Fiicht (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German fiuhta, from Proto-West Germanic fiuhtijā, from Proto-Germanic fiuhtijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European péwḱ-t-ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European pewḱ- — pine.

Fiicht (Luxembourgish): spruce

Definitions

  1. spruce

Ancestry of “Fiicht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanfiuhta—
2Proto-West Germanicfiuhtijāspruce
3Proto-Germanicfiuhtijǭ—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpéwḱ-t-ih₂—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpewḱ-pine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewḱ- →