Where does “sincfag” come from?

sincfag (Old English) comes from Old English fāg, from Proto-West Germanic faih — coloured; hostile.

sincfag (Old English): adorned with treasure

Definitions

  1. adorned with treasure

Ancestry of “sincfag”, step by step

sincfag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English fāg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfāg—
2Proto-West Germanicfaihcoloured; hostile

via Old English sinc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsinctreasure
Every word from Proto-West Germanic faih →Every word from Old English fāg →