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

Etymology

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

Noun

*fīgā f

1. fig

Inflection

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

• *fīk

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 (see there for further descendants)