Where does “vīge” come from?
vīge (Middle High German) comes from Old High German fīga, from Old French figue, from Occitan figa, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin fica, from Latin ficus, from Phoenician ?? — Ripe fig.
Ancestry of “vīge”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | fīga | — |
| 2 | Old French | figue | fig |
| 3 | Occitan | figa | fig |
| 4 | Old Occitan | figa | fig |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | fica | fig; fig, fig-tree |
| 6 | Latin | ficus | fig tree; fig; hemorrhoids |
| 7 | Phoenician | ?? | Ripe fig |
Words derived from “vīge”