Where does “feoh” come from?

feoh (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic fehu, from Proto-Indo-European péḱu, from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- — to pluck; livestock; wealth.

feoh (Old English): money; livestock, cattle; property

Definitions

  1. money; livestock, cattle; property

Ancestry of “feoh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfehulivestock, cattle; property; name of the F-rune
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpéḱulivestock
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱ-to pluck; livestock; wealth

Words derived from “feoh”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European péḱu →Every word from Proto-Germanic fehu →