Where does “fat” come from?

fat (Middle English) comes from Old English fæt, from Proto-West Germanic fait, from Proto-Germanic faitaz, from Proto-Indo-European poyH-, from Proto-Indo-European peyH- — fat, milk.

fat (Middle English): vat, vessel, cask

Definitions

  1. vat, vessel, cask

Ancestry of “fat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfætvessel, cup; gold plate
2Proto-West Germanicfaitfat
3Proto-Germanicfaitazfat
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpoyH-—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpeyH-fat, milk

Words derived from “fat”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyH- →