Where does “fako” come from?

fako (Esperanto) comes from German fach, from Middle High German vach, from Old High German fah, from Proto-Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic faką, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- — to attach.

fako (Esperanto): a compartment (of a drawer, chest, etc.)

Definitions

  1. a compartment (of a drawer, chest, etc.)

Ancestry of “fako”, step by step

fako traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German fach

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfachsecond-person singular imperative of fachen
2Middle High Germanvach-fold
3Old High Germanfahwall
4Proto-Germanic*fak—
5Proto-GermanicfakąAn enclosed or defined space; division;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach

via Hungarian fakó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfakópale, wan; faded, discolored
2Hungarianfáfa, a syllable used in solfège to represent the...
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

Words derived from “fako”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- →