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Where does “fess” come from?

fess (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic wissos, from Proto-Indo-European widtós, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

fess (Old Irish): passive singular perfect prototonic of...

Definitions

  1. passive singular perfect prototonic of...

Ancestry of “fess”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticwissosknown
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwidtósseen; known
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “fess”

  • feis
  • Ard-Fheis
  • feis
  • feis
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →