Where does “fæc” come from?

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

fæc (Old English): a division, space; a portion, period, or space of...

Definitions

  1. a division, space; a portion, period, or space of...

Ancestry of “fæc”, step by step

fæc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic fak

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

via Proto-Germanic *fak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*fak—

Words derived from “fæc”

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