fay
English
/feɪ/
verb
Definitions
- To fit.
- To join or unite closely or tightly.
- To lie close together.
- To fadge.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English feyen inherited from Old English fēġan (unite, join) inherited from Proto-Germanic *fōgijaną (join) derived from Proto-Indo-European *paḱ- (fasten, place, stick).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*paḱ-
Gloss
fasten, place, stick
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antifaith English
- faith English
- faith-based English
- faithbreach English
- faithectomy English
- faithed English
- faithful English
- faithhead English
- faithing English
- faithism English
- faithist English
- faithless English
- faithly English
- faithworthy English
- faithy English
- faydom English
- good faith English
- interfaith English
- intrafaith English
- misfaith English
- multifaith English
- nonfaith English
- unfaith English
- pāx Latin
- Fügung German
- anfügen German
- beifügen German
- dazufügen German
- einfügen German
- fügen German
- fügsam German
- hinzufügen German
- verfügen German
- zufügen German
- zusammenfügen German
- aanvoegen Dutch, Flemish
- bijvoegen Dutch, Flemish
- samenvoegen Dutch, Flemish
- toevoegen Dutch, Flemish
- vervoegen Dutch, Flemish
- voegen Dutch, Flemish
- voegsel Dutch, Flemish
- voegwoord Dutch, Flemish
- *paḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *fōgijaną Proto-Germanic
- afon Old English
- befon Old English
- fegan Old English
- forefon Old English
- forfon Old English
- fēġan Old English
- fōn Old English
- gefegan Old English
- gefon Old English
- misfon Old English
- onfon Old English
- underfon Old English
- wiþfon Old English
- ymbfon Old English
- ætfon Old English
- faith Middle English
- feyen Middle English
- vangen Middle English
- fanga Old Norse
- føje Danish
- føjning Danish
- sammenføje Danish
- tilføje Danish
- voegen Middle Dutch
- fuogen Old High German
- fuogen Old Dutch
- vogen Middle Low German
- vȫgen Middle Low German
- fogian Old Saxon
- fōgian Old Saxon