feigi

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *faigijaz (“doomed to die imminently; fey”), whence also Old English fæġe, Old Norse feigr (Icelandic feigur).

Adjective

feigi

1. cowardly

Descendants

• Middle High German: veige
  • Alemannic German: fiig
  • German: feige, feig (colloquial or poetic)

Old Norse

Adjective

feigi

1. weak masculine nominative singular of feigr