Where does “Feenwesen” come from?
Feenwesen (German) comes from German Fee, from Middle High German fei(n)e, from French fée, from Old French fae, from Latin fāta, from Latin fātum, from Latin fātus, from Latin for — to speak, to be talking.
Feenwesen (German): fairy
Definitions
- fairy
Ancestry of “Feenwesen”, step by step
Feenwesen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Fee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Fee | fairy |
| 2 | Middle High German | fei(n)e | — |
| 3 | French | fée | fairy, fay |
| 4 | Old French | fae | — |
| 5 | Latin | fāta | Fate; Moira; goddess who controls destiny; divine personification of fate |
| 6 | Latin | fātum | destiny, fate, lot |
| 7 | Latin | fātus | spoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc |
| 8 | Latin | for | "defective"; I speak, talk, say |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | fāōr | speak |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂ti | to speak, to be talking |