Where does “vat” come from?

vat (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch fat, from Proto-West Germanic fat, from Proto-Germanic fatą, from Proto-Indo-European pod- — vessel, container.

vat (Middle Dutch): pot, jar, barrel; vat, vessel

Definitions

  1. pot, jar, barrel; vat, vessel

Ancestry of “vat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchfatvat, vessel
2Proto-West Germanicfatvessel, container
3Proto-Germanicfatąvessel, container
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpod-vessel, container

Words derived from “vat”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pod- →