Where does “fiksa” come from?
fiksa (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål fikse, from German fixen, from English fix, from Middle English fixen, from Old English fyxen, from Proto-West Germanic fuhsini, from Proto-West Germanic fuhs, from Proto-Germanic fuhsaz — tail; press together.
fiksa (Norwegian Bokmål): inflection of fikse: ## simple past ## past...
Definitions
- inflection of fikse: ## simple past ## past...
Ancestry of “fiksa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | fikse | to fix |
| 2 | German | fixen | to fix, repair |
| 3 | English | fix | To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix; To... |
| 4 | Middle English | fixen | a vixen |
| 5 | Old English | fyxen | vixen |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | fuhsini | vixen, female fox |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | fuhs | fox |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | fuhsaz | fox |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | púḱsos | the tailed one |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | puḱ- | tail; press together |