feoh

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Contents 1 Old English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Descendants

[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From 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, Armenian ասր (asr) 'fleece' and Lithuanian pēkus ‘cattle’.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /feox/

[edit] Noun

feoh n. (gen fēos)

1. livestock, cattle
2. money
3. property
4. the runic character ᚠ (/f/)

[edit] Derived terms

• feohġift

[edit] Descendants

English: fee