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