Where does “ficktjuv” come from?

ficktjuv (Swedish) comes from Swedish ficka, from Middle Low German vicke, from Italian ficcare, from Vulgar Latin *fīgicāre, from Latin fīgō, from Proto-Italic feigʷō — to insert; to fasten.

ficktjuv (Swedish): pickpocket (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby)

Definitions

  1. pickpocket (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby)

Ancestry of “ficktjuv”, step by step

ficktjuv traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish ficka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishfickaa pocket
2Middle Low Germanvicke—
3Italianficcareto put something into something else; to thrust...
4Vulgar Latin*fīgicāre—
5Latinfīgōto fasten, fix
6Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten

via Swedish tjuv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtjuvthief
2Old Swedishþiuverthief
3Old Norseþjófrthief
4Proto-Germanicþeubazthief
5Proto-Indo-Europeantewpó-—
Every word from Proto-Italic feigʷō →Every word from Latin fīgō →Every word from Vulgar Latin *fīgicāre →