Where does “ficat” come from?
ficat (Romanian) comes from Latin fīcātum, from Latin iecur, from Proto-Italic jekʷor, from Proto-Indo-European Hyékʷr̥ — liver.
ficat (Romanian): liver
Ancestry of “ficat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | fīcātum | — |
| 2 | Latin | iecur | liver; the seat of the soul; the seat of the... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | jekʷor | liver |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | Hyékʷr̥ | liver |