Where does “healsfang” come from?

healsfang (Old English) comes from Old English fang, from Proto-Germanic fangą, from Proto-Germanic fanhaną, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ḱ- — to join, to attach; agreement, settlement.

healsfang (Old English): a fine prescribed in substitution for capital and...

Definitions

  1. a fine prescribed in substitution for capital and...

Ancestry of “healsfang”, step by step

healsfang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English fang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfangplunder, booty
2Proto-Germanicfangącatch, that which is caught
3Proto-Germanicfanhanąto take, to seize; to capture, to catch
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ḱ-to join, to attach; agreement, settlement

via Old English heals

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhealsneck
2Proto-Germanichalsazneck, throat
3Proto-Indo-Europeankólsos—

Words derived from “healsfang”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fanhaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic fangą →