Where does “fak” come from?

fak (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic fak, from Proto-Germanic faką, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- — to attach.

fak (Old Dutch): compartment

Definitions

  1. compartment

Ancestry of “fak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicfakdivision, compartment; period, interval
2Proto-GermanicfakąAn enclosed or defined space; division;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach

Words derived from “fak”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic faką →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fak →
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