Where does “fikon” come from?

fikon (Swedish) comes from Middle Low German vige, from Vulgar Latin fica, from Latin ficus, from Phoenician ?? — Ripe fig.

fikon (Swedish): a fig

Definitions

  1. a fig

Ancestry of “fikon”, step by step

fikon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German vige

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanvige—
2Vulgar Latinficafig; fig, fig-tree
3Latinficusfig tree; fig; hemorrhoids
4Phoenician??Ripe fig

via Proto-Germanic fikōną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfikōnąto deceive
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyǵ-inactive, reluctant

Words derived from “fikon”

Every word from Phoenician ?? →Every word from Latin ficus →Every word from Vulgar Latin fica →