feoh
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[edit] Old English
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock, domestic animals”). Germanic cognates include Old Frisian fia, Old Saxon fehu ‘cattle, property’ (Dutch vee), Old High German fihu (German Vieh), Old Norse fé (Swedish fä), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿. The Indo-European root is also the source of Sanskrit पशु (páśu) ‘cattle’, Latin pecus, Old Armenian ասր (asr, “fleece”) and Lithuanian pēkus ‘cattle’.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /feox/
[edit] Noun
feoh n.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Descendants
- English: fee
