Where does “fec” come from?

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

Ancestry of “fec”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfæca division, space; a portion, period, or space of...
2Proto-West Germanicfakdivision, compartment; period, interval
3Proto-GermanicfakąAn enclosed or defined space; division;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic faką →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fak →