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Where does “fiuhta” come from?

fiuhta (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic fiuhtijā, from Proto-Germanic fiuhtijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European péwḱ-t-ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European pewḱ- — pine.

Ancestry of “fiuhta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicfiuhtijāspruce
2Proto-Germanicfiuhtijǭ—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpéwḱ-t-ih₂—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpewḱ-pine

Words derived from “fiuhta”

  • пи́хта
  • Fichtenspargel
  • Fichtenspinner
  • Fichte
  • Fichtenzapfen
  • purppurapihta
  • aitopihta
  • pihta
  • Fiicht
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