Where does “fayr” come from?

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

fayr (Middle English): fair

Definitions

  1. fair

Ancestry of “fayr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfæġerbeautiful
2Proto-West Germanicfagrbeautiful
3Proto-Germanicfagrazsuitable, fitting, appropriate, nice
4Proto-Indo-Europeanph₂ḱ-to fasten, place

Words derived from “fayr”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ph₂ḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fagraz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fagr →