Where does “fah” come from?

fah (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic faką, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- — to attach.

fah (Old High German): wall

Definitions

  1. wall

Ancestry of “fah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*fak—
2Proto-GermanicfakąAn enclosed or defined space; division;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach

Words derived from “fah”

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