Where does “vac” come from?

vac (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch fak, from Proto-West Germanic fak, from Proto-Germanic faką, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- — to attach.

Ancestry of “vac”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchfakcompartment
2Proto-West Germanicfakdivision, compartment; period, interval
3Proto-GermanicfakąAn enclosed or defined space; division;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach

Words derived from “vac”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- →