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

Definitions

  1. a pocket

Ancestry of “ficka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanvicke—
2Italianficcareto put something into something else; to thrust...
3Vulgar Latin*fīgicāre—
4Latinfīgōto fasten, fix
5Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten

Words derived from “ficka”

Every word from Proto-Italic feigʷō →Every word from Latin fīgō →Every word from Vulgar Latin *fīgicāre →