Where does “фиг” come from?

фиг (Russian) comes from Russian -ность, from Russian -ость, from Proto-Slavic -ostь — Used with adjectival stems to form abstract...

фиг (Russian): a hand gesture made by making a fist and sticking...

Definitions

  1. a hand gesture made by making a fist and sticking...

Ancestry of “фиг”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-ностьSuffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives. A...
2Russian-ость-ness, -ity
3Proto-Slavic-ostьUsed with adjectival stems to form abstract...

Words derived from “фиг”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ostь →Every word from Russian -ость →Every word from Russian -ность →