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Where does “fǣġe” come from?

fǣġe (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *faigī, from Proto-Germanic faigijaz, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

fǣġe (Old English): doomed to die, timid

Definitions

  1. doomed to die, timid

Ancestry of “fǣġe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*faigī—
2Proto-Germanicfaigijazfey, doomed to die
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

Words derived from “fǣġe”

  • fey
  • fae
  • feyness
  • feyly
  • faeling
  • feydom
  • fei
  • fey
  • faie
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