fike

English

verb

Definitions

(ambitransitive) To feign; dissemble; flatter.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English fiken (flatter, hasten away, dissemble, feign, move restlessly, jitter, hustle, flinch) inherited from Old English fician (wheedle, flatter, deceive, trick) inherited from Proto-Germanic *fikōną (deceive) derived from Proto-Indo-European *peyǵ- (evil-minded, treacherous, bad, hostile, ill-meaning).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*peyǵ-

Gloss

evil-minded, treacherous, bad, hostile, ill-meaning

Concept

Semantic Field

Emotions and values

Ontological Category

Property

`Kanji`

悪

Emoji

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Cognates and derived terms

fickle English
fickleness English
ficklesome English
fickly English
fidge English
fig English
figgle English
pigeo Latin
piger Latin
piget Latin
pignus Latin
*peyǵ- Proto-Indo-European
*fikōną Proto-Germanic
facentacen Old English
fician Old English
ficol Old English
fācen Old English
fiken Middle English
fikil Middle English
fika Old Norse