Where does “fassen” come from?

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

fassen (German): to gird, to surround, to confine into a form; to...

Definitions

  1. to gird, to surround, to confine into a form; to...

Ancestry of “fassen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvazzen—
2Old High Germanvazvessel
3Proto-Germanicfatąvessel, container
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpod-vessel, container

Words derived from “fassen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pod- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fatą →Every word from Old High German vaz →