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Where does “fassbar” come from?

fassbar (German) comes from German fassen, from Middle High German vazzen, from Old High German vaz, from Proto-Germanic fatą, from Proto-Indo-European pod- — vessel, container.

fassbar (German): tangible; comprehensible, understandable

Definitions

  1. tangible; comprehensible, understandable

Ancestry of “fassbar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfassento gird, to surround, to confine into a form; to...
2Middle High Germanvazzen—
3Old High Germanvazvessel
4Proto-Germanicfatąvessel, container
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpod-vessel, container
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