Where does “feng” come from?

feng (Middle English) comes from Old English fang, from Proto-Germanic fangą, from Proto-Germanic fanhaną, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ḱ- — to join, to attach; agreement, settlement.

feng (Middle English): a catching, capture, seizing

Definitions

  1. a catching, capture, seizing

Ancestry of “feng”, step by step

feng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English fang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfangplunder, booty
2Proto-Germanicfangącatch, that which is caught
3Proto-Germanicfanhanąto take, to seize; to capture, to catch
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ḱ-to join, to attach; agreement, settlement

via Old English feng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfengpreterite of fōn
2Proto-Germanicfangizcatchable, takeable, obtainable; effective; a...

Words derived from “feng”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fanhaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic fangą →
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