Where does “fiken” come from?

fiken (Middle English) comes from Old Norse fíkjast, from Old Norse fíka, from Latin ficus, from Phoenician ?? — Ripe fig.

fiken (Middle English): to feign, dissemble, flatter; to jitter; move...

Definitions

  1. to feign, dissemble, flatter; to jitter; move...

Ancestry of “fiken”, step by step

fiken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse fíkjast

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorsefíkjastBe eager or restless
2Old Norsefíkato climb, move
3Latinficusfig tree; fig; hemorrhoids
4Phoenician??Ripe fig

via Old English fician

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishficianto deceive; bewile, mislead, con
2Proto-Germanicfikōnąto deceive
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyǵ-inactive, reluctant

Words derived from “fiken”

Every word from Phoenician ?? →Every word from Latin ficus →Every word from Old Norse fíka →