Where does “fager” come from?

fager (Middle English) comes from Old English fæġer, from Proto-West Germanic fagr, from Proto-Germanic fagraz, from Proto-Indo-European ph₂ḱ- — to fasten, place.

Ancestry of “fager”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfæġerbeautiful
2Proto-West Germanicfagrbeautiful
3Proto-Germanicfagrazsuitable, fitting, appropriate, nice
4Proto-Indo-Europeanph₂ḱ-to fasten, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ph₂ḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fagraz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fagr →