Where does “ficka” come from?
ficka (Swedish) comes from Middle Low German vicke, from Italian ficcare, from Vulgar Latin *fīgicāre, from Latin fīgō, from Proto-Italic feigʷō — to insert; to fasten.
ficka (Swedish): a pocket
Ancestry of “ficka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Low German | vicke | — |
| 2 | Italian | ficcare | to put something into something else; to thrust... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *fīgicāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | fīgō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | feigʷō | to insert; to fasten |
Words derived from “ficka”