Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fīgā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *fīga and Latin fīcus (“fig”).

Noun edit

*fīgā f

fig

Inflection edit

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fīgā
Genitive	*fīgōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fīgā	*fīgōn
Accusative	*fīgōn	*fīgōn
Genitive	*fīgōn	*fīgōnō
Dative	*fīgōn	fīgōm, fīgum
Instrumental	*fīgōn	fīgōm, fīgum

Alternative reconstructions edit

*fīk

Descendants edit

Old English: fīc m
- Middle English: fike, fyke
  - English: fike, fig
Old Saxon: fīga
- Middle Low German: vige
  - German Low German: Fieg
  - → Latvian: vīģe
  - ⇒ Middle Low German: vigen (plural)
    - → Danish: figen
    - → Norwegian: fiken
    - → Swedish: fikon
Old Dutch: fīga
- Middle Dutch: vige
  - Dutch: vijg
    - Afrikaans: vy
    - Negerhollands: vigie (from the diminutive)
Old High German: fīga
- Middle High German: vīge
  - Cimbrian: faiga
  - German: Feige
  - Yiddish: פֿײַג (fayg)
  - → Polish: figa (see there for further descendants)