Where does “fặt fầy” come from?

fặt fầy (Tày) comes from Proto-Germanic fat-, from Proto-Indo-European pēd-, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

fặt fầy (Tày): lighter

Definitions

  1. lighter

Ancestry of “fặt fầy”, step by step

fặt fầy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic fat-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfat-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpēd-foot
3Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

via Tày fầy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàyfầyfire
2Proto-Taiwɤjᴬfire
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pēd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fat- →
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