Where does “fiuka” come from?

fiuka (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse fjúka, from Proto-Germanic feukaną, from Proto-Indo-European pug-, from Proto-Indo-European pew- — to blow, breathe; to fear; to blow, to breathe.

fiuka (Old Swedish): to be drifted by the wind

Definitions

  1. to be drifted by the wind

Ancestry of “fiuka”, step by step

fiuka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse fjúka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefjúkato be drifted; to fly
2Proto-Germanicfeukanąto whisk; blow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpug-billow, bulge, drift
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpew-to blow, breathe; to fear; to blow, to breathe

via Hungarian fiú

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfiúboy; son; boyfriend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pug- →Every word from Proto-Germanic feukaną →