Where does “Fee” come from?

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

Fee (Plautdietsch): cattle

Definitions

  1. cattle

Ancestry of “Fee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanvehe—
2Old Saxonfehucattle, livestock; property; money
3Proto-West Germanic*fehulivestock
4Proto-Germanicfehulivestock, cattle; property; name of the F-rune
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpéḱulivestock
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱ-to pluck; livestock; wealth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European péḱu →Every word from Proto-Germanic fehu →