Where does “Faass” come from?

Faass (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German faz, from Proto-West Germanic fat, from Proto-Germanic fatą, from Proto-Indo-European pod- — vessel, container.

Faass (Luxembourgish): barrel, cask

Definitions

  1. barrel, cask

Ancestry of “Faass”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanfazgarment; container; vessel
2Proto-West Germanicfatvessel, container
3Proto-Germanicfatąvessel, container
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpod-vessel, container
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pod- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fatą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fat →
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