Where does “fegōn” come from?

fegōn (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic faginōn, from Proto-Germanic faginōną, from Proto-Indo-European pōḱ-.

fegōn (Old Dutch): to cleanse

Definitions

  1. to cleanse

Ancestry of “fegōn”, step by step

fegōn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic faginōn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicfaginōnto gladden, rejoice
2Proto-Germanicfaginōnąto gladden, rejoice
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpōḱ-—

via Proto-Germanic fegōną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfegōnąto polish

Words derived from “fegōn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pōḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic faginōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic faginōn →