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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fehu

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peḱu-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɸe.xu/

Noun

*fehu n

  1. livestock, cattle
  2. property
  3. (Runic alphabet) name of the F-rune (ᚠ)

Inflection
neuter u-stemDeclension of *fehu (neuter u-stem)
singular
nominative *fehu
vocative *fehu
accusative *fehu
genitive *fehauz
dative *fihiwi
instrumental *fehū

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Old English: feoh, fioh, feh
  • Old Frisian: fia
    • Saterland Frisian: Fäi
    • West Frisian: fee
  • Old Saxon: fehu, feho, feu
  • Frankish: *fehu
    • Old Dutch: fē, fio, fiu
      • Middle Dutch: vêe
        • Dutch: vee
        • Limburgish: vieë, vieëch
    • → Vulgar Latin: *feus
      • Old French: fieu, fe, fie (dated 11th-century) (see there for further descendants)
      • Old Occitan: feu
        • Catalan: feu
        • Occitan: fèu
      • Medieval Latin: fevum (dated 899, La Garde-Freinet, France)
        • Old French: fief m (dated 13th-century)
        • Old French: feffe, feoffe f
          • Middle French: fieffe
          • → Middle English: feffe, feoffe
        • ⇒ Medieval Latin: feudum, feodum (dated 984, possibly from Frankish *fehu-ôd[1]) (see there for further descendants)
  • Old High German: fihu
  • Old Norse: fé
  • Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿 (faihu)

References
  1. Samarrai, Alauddin (1998), “Notices on Pe'ah, Fay' and Feudum”, in Lubetski, Meir, editor, Boundaries of the ancient Near Eastern world: a tribute to Cyrus H. Gordon, Continuum International Publishing Group, pages 248-250
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