Where does “fwet” come from?

fwet (Mauritian Creole) comes from French fouet, from Old French fou, from Latin fāgus, from Proto-Italic fāgos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos — beech.

fwet (Mauritian Creole): whip

Definitions

  1. whip

Ancestry of “fwet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfouetwhip; whisk; tip
2Old Frenchfoubeech
3Latinfāgusbeech tree
4Proto-Italicfāgos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂ǵosbeech
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos →Every word from Proto-Italic fāgos →Every word from Latin fāgus →