Where does “*fehu” come from?

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

*fehu (Proto-West Germanic): livestock

Definitions

  1. livestock

Ancestry of “*fehu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfehulivestock, cattle; property; name of the F-rune
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpéḱulivestock
3Proto-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 →