Where does “vicke” come from?
vicke (Middle Low German) comes from Italian ficcare, from Vulgar Latin *fīgicāre, from Latin fīgō, from Proto-Italic feigʷō — to insert; to fasten.
Ancestry of “vicke”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | ficcare | to put something into something else; to thrust... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *fīgicāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | fīgō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | feigʷō | to insert; to fasten |