fihu
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West GermanicCategory:Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#FIHUCategory:Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#FIHU *fehu, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#FIHUCategory:Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic#FIHU *fehu, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#FIHUCategory:Old High German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#FIHU *péḱu (“livestock, domestic animals”).
Germanic cognates include Old Saxon fehu (Low German Veeh), Old English feoh (“cattle, property”) (English fee), Dutch vee, Old Frisian fia (West Frisian fee), Old Norse fé (Danish fæ, Swedish fä), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿 (faihu). The Indo-European root is also the source of Sanskrit पशु (paśu, “cattle”), Latin pecus, Old Armenian ասր (asr, “fleece”) and Lithuanian pekus (“cattle”).
Noun
fihu nCategory:Old High German lemmas#FIHUCategory:Old High German nouns#FIHUCategory:Old High German entries with incorrect language header#FIHUCategory:Old High German neuter nouns#FIHUCategory:Pages with entries#FIHUCategory:Pages with 1 entry#FIHU
Descendants
- Middle High German: vihe, vëhe, vich, viech, vëch, vie, vē