Where does “fange” come from?

fange (Plautdietsch) comes from Old Saxon fāhan, from Proto-Germanic fanhaną, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ḱ- — to join, to attach; agreement, settlement.

fange (Plautdietsch): to nab, to catch

Definitions

  1. to nab, to catch

Ancestry of “fange”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonfāhanto seize
2Proto-Germanicfanhanąto take, to seize; to capture, to catch
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ḱ-to join, to attach; agreement, settlement
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fanhaną →Every word from Old Saxon fāhan →