Where does “VAT” come from?

VAT (Polish) comes from English VAT, from Middle English vat, from Middle English fat, from Old English fæt, from Proto-West Germanic fait, from Proto-Germanic faitaz, from Proto-Indo-European poyH-, from Proto-Indo-European peyH- — fat, milk.

VAT (Polish): VAT

Definitions

  1. VAT

Ancestry of “VAT”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishVATInitialism of value added tax; Initialism of...
2Middle Englishvat—
3Middle Englishfatvat, vessel, cask
4Old Englishfætvessel, cup; gold plate
5Proto-West Germanicfaitfat
6Proto-Germanicfaitazfat
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanpoyH-—
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanpeyH-fat, milk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyH- →