Where does “·fess” come from?
·fess (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish ro·finnadar, from Proto-Celtic windeti, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
Ancestry of “·fess”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Irish | ro·finnadar | to find |
| 2 | Proto-Celtic | windeti | to know, to see; find |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
Words derived from “·fess”