An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Fichte

by Friedrich Kluge

Fichte, feminine, ‘pine, fir,’ from Middle High German vichte, feminine, Old High German fiohta, fiuhta, feminine, ‘fir.’ No cognate term is found in any of the other Teutonic dialects, yet Fichte is proved from the non-Teutonic languages to be primitive; compare Greek πεύκη, ‘fir,’ Lithuanian puszìs, ‘fir.’ The High German form is fuller by a dental affix than the Greek and Lithuanian words.