Where does “fiken” come from?
fiken (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Middle Low German vigen, from Middle Low German vige, from Vulgar Latin fica, from Latin ficus, from Phoenician ?? — Ripe fig.
fiken (Norwegian Nynorsk): a fig
Ancestry of “fiken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | vigen | — |
| 2 | Middle Low German | vige | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | fica | fig; fig, fig-tree |
| 4 | Latin | ficus | fig tree; fig; hemorrhoids |
| 5 | Phoenician | ?? | Ripe fig |