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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *fīga and Latin fīcus (“fig”).
Noun
*fīgā f
- fig
Inflection
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Singular
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*fīgā
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| Genitive
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*fīgōn
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*fīgā
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*fīgōn
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| Accusative
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*fīgōn
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*fīgōn
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| Genitive
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*fīgōn
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*fīgōnō
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| Dative
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*fīgōn
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*fīgōm, *fīgum
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| Instrumental
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*fīgōn
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*fīgōm, *fīgum
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Alternative reconstructions
Descendants
- Old English: fīc m
- Old Saxon: fīga
- Middle Low German: vige
- German Low German: Fieg
- → Latvian: vīģe
- ⇒ Middle Low German: vigen (plural)
- 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)