Where does “fé” come from?

fé (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse fé, from Proto-Germanic fehu, from Proto-Indo-European péḱu, from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- — to pluck; livestock; wealth.

fé (Icelandic): livestock; cattle, chiefly sheep; assets; money

Definitions

  1. livestock; cattle, chiefly sheep; assets; money

Ancestry of “fé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefécattle; livestock; property, money
2Proto-Germanicfehulivestock, cattle; property; name of the F-rune
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpéḱulivestock
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱ-to pluck; livestock; wealth

Words derived from “fé”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European péḱu →Every word from Proto-Germanic fehu →