Where does “feja” come from?

feja (Swedish) comes from German fegen, from Middle Low German vegen, from Old Dutch fegōn, from Proto-West Germanic faginōn, from Proto-Germanic faginōną, from Proto-Indo-European pōḱ-.

feja (Swedish): to sweep, scrub, etc., and make nice and clean (a house or room or the like)

Definitions

  1. to sweep, scrub, etc., and make nice and clean (a house or room or the like)

Ancestry of “feja”, step by step

feja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German fegen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfegento sweep, to polish
2Middle Low Germanvegen—
3Old Dutchfegōnto cleanse
4Proto-West Germanicfaginōnto gladden, rejoice
5Proto-Germanicfaginōnąto gladden, rejoice
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpōḱ-—

via English face

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfaceThe front part of the head of a human or other...
2Middle Englishfaceface; Alternative form of fass
3Old Frenchfaceface
4Late Latinfacia—

Words derived from “feja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pōḱ- →