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Where does “fat” come from?

fat (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic fat, from Proto-Germanic fatą, from Proto-Indo-European pod- — vessel, container.

fat (Old Dutch): vat, vessel

Definitions

  1. vat, vessel

Ancestry of “fat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicfatvessel, container
2Proto-Germanicfatąvessel, container
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpod-vessel, container

Words derived from “fat”

  • lichtvat
  • vaat
  • vaatdoek
  • vaatwasser
  • vatbom
  • vat
  • biervat
  • vatenbom
  • bloedvat
  • vaataandoening
  • vat
  • vate
  • lichtvat
  • liehtfat
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