Where does “fe” come from?
fe (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from French fée, from Old French fae, from Latin fāta, from Latin fātum, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti — to speak, to be talking.
fe (Norwegian Bokmål): a fairy; cattle, livestock; fool, blockhead
Definitions
- a fairy; cattle, livestock; fool, blockhead
Ancestry of “fe”, step by step
fe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French fée
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fée | fairy, fay |
| 2 | Old French | fae | — |
| 3 | Latin | fāta | Fate; Moira; goddess who controls destiny; divine personification of fate |
| 4 | Latin | fātum | destiny, fate, lot |
| 5 | Latin | fātus | spoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc |
| 6 | Latin | for | "defective"; I speak, talk, say |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | fāōr | speak |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂ti | to speak, to be talking |