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Where does “feukaną” come from?

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

feukaną (Proto-Germanic): to whisk; blow

Definitions

  1. to whisk; blow

Ancestry of “feukaną”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpug-billow, bulge, drift
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpew-to blow, breathe; to fear; to blow, to breathe

Words derived from “feukaną”

  • fyka
  • fjúka
  • feykja
  • feykja
  • fjúka
  • fiuka
  • fýke
  • fouke
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