fag
Icelandic
[faːɣ]
noun
Definitions
- subject (particular area of study)
Etymology
Borrowed from Danish fag (profession, trade, subject, craft) derived from German Fach (subject, compartment, drawer, field of study, profession).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Fach
Gloss
subject, compartment, drawer, field of study, profession
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fakki Finnish
- fakkiutua Finnish
- Fach German
- Facharzt German
- Fachausdruck German
- Fachbegriff German
- Fachbereich German
- Fachchinesisch German
- Fachhochschule German
- Fachidiot German
- Fachinformatiker German
- Fachjargon German
- Fachkenntnis German
- Fachmarkt German
- Fachsprache German
- Fachwort German
- Handschuhfach German
- Postfach German
- Schließfach German
- Stimmfach German
- Unterrichtsfach German
- Zahnfach German
- *faką Proto-Germanic
- fach Polish
- fag Danish
- fagforening Danish
- fagidiot Danish
- fagsprog Danish
- foch Czech
- þverfaglegur Icelandic
- fah Old High German
- vach Middle High German
- Fach Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch