Where does “fé” come from?

fé (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic fehu, from Proto-Indo-European péḱu, from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- — to pluck; livestock; wealth.

fé (Old Norse): cattle; livestock; property, money

Definitions

  1. cattle; livestock; property, money

Ancestry of “fé”, step by step

fé traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic fehu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfehulivestock, cattle; property; name of the F-rune
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpéḱulivestock
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱ-to pluck; livestock; wealth

via Germanic *fehu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanic*fehu—

Words derived from “fé”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European péḱu →Every word from Proto-Germanic fehu →