Where does “fæġer” come from?

fæġer (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic fagr, from Proto-Germanic fagraz, from Proto-Indo-European ph₂ḱ- — to fasten, place.

fæġer (Old English): beautiful

Definitions

  1. beautiful

Ancestry of “fæġer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicfagrbeautiful
2Proto-Germanicfagrazsuitable, fitting, appropriate, nice
3Proto-Indo-Europeanph₂ḱ-to fasten, place

Words derived from “fæġer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ph₂ḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fagraz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fagr →
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