Where does “פֿײַגנבוים” come from?

פֿײַגנבוים (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish פֿײַג, from Middle High German vīge, from Old High German fīga, from Old French figue, from Occitan figa, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin fica, from Latin ficus — Ripe fig.

פֿײַגנבוים (Yiddish): fig tree

Definitions

  1. fig tree

Ancestry of “פֿײַגנבוים”, step by step

פֿײַגנבוים traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish פֿײַג

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishפֿײַגfig
2Middle High Germanvīgefig fruit
3Old High Germanfīgafig
4Old Frenchfiguefig
5Occitanfigafig
6Old Occitanfigafig
7Vulgar Latinficafig; fig, fig-tree
8Latinficusfig tree; fig; hemorrhoids
9Phoenician??Ripe fig

via Yiddish בוים

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishבויםtree
2Middle High Germanboumtree
3Old High Germanboumtree, beam
4Proto-West Germanicbaumtree; beam
5Proto-GermanicbaumazAlternative form of *bagmaz; tree, beam, balk;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

via Yiddish ־נ־

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־נ־
Every word from Phoenician ??Every word from Latin ficusEvery word from Vulgar Latin fica
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