An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Fichte

by Friedrich Kluge

Fichte, f., ‘pine, fir,’ from MidHG. vichte, f., OHG. fiohta, fiuhta, f., ‘fir.’ No cognate term is found in any of the other Teut. dialects, yet Fichte is proved from the non-Teut. languages to be primitive; comp. Gr. πεύκη, ‘fir,’ Lith. puszìs, ‘fir.’ The HG. form is fuller by a dental affix than the Gr. and Lith. words.