Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fīgu

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

Alternative forms

*fīku

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fīgus, fīcus (“fig”).

Noun

*fīgu f

fig

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fīgu
Genitive	*fīgā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fīgu	*fīgō
Accusative	*fīgā	*fīgā
Genitive	*fīgā	*fīgō
Dative	*fīgē	fīgōm, fīgum
Instrumental	*fīgu	fīgōm, fīgum

Descendants

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
    - → Russian: фи́га (fíga)
      - → Kildin Sami: фӣга (fīga)