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
- fig tree
Ancestry of “פֿײַגנבוים”, step by step
פֿײַגנבוים traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish פֿײַג
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | פֿײַג | fig |
| 2 | Middle High German | vīge | fig fruit |
| 3 | Old High German | fīga | fig |
| 4 | Old French | figue | fig |
| 5 | Occitan | figa | fig |
| 6 | Old Occitan | figa | fig |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | fica | fig; fig, fig-tree |
| 8 | Latin | ficus | fig tree; fig; hemorrhoids |
| 9 | Phoenician | ?? | Ripe fig |
via Yiddish בוים
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | בוים | tree |
| 2 | Middle High German | boum | tree |
| 3 | Old High German | boum | tree, beam |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | baum | tree; beam |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | baumaz | Alternative form of *bagmaz; tree, beam, balk;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |
via Yiddish ־נ־
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | ־נ־ | — |