Where does “vat” come from?

vat (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon fat, from Proto-West Germanic fat, from Proto-Germanic fatą, from Proto-Indo-European pod- — vessel, container.

Ancestry of “vat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonfatvessel, cup
2Proto-West Germanicfatvessel, container
3Proto-Germanicfatąvessel, container
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpod-vessel, container

Words derived from “vat”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pod- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fatą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fat →