Where does “fehu” come from?

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

fehu (Old Saxon): cattle, livestock; property; money

Definitions

  1. cattle, livestock; property; money

Ancestry of “fehu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*fehulivestock
2Proto-Germanicfehulivestock, cattle; property; name of the F-rune
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpéḱulivestock
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱ-to pluck; livestock; wealth

Words derived from “fehu”

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