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Where does “vēgen” come from?

vēgen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch fegōn, from Proto-West Germanic faginōn, from Proto-Germanic faginōną, from Proto-Indo-European pōḱ-.

Ancestry of “vēgen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchfegōnto cleanse
2Proto-West Germanicfaginōnto gladden, rejoice
3Proto-Germanicfaginōnąto gladden, rejoice
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpōḱ-—

Words derived from “vēgen”

  • fake
  • faker
  • fakery
  • fakeness
  • fakie
  • fakey
  • fakement
  • fakely
  • unfakeable
  • fakebook
  • fakeable
  • faky
  • feague
  • unfakable
  • fakable
  • fakiness
  • semifake
  • outfake
  • unfakeably
  • unfakably
  • fakefan
  • fakester
  • fakebit
  • faken
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