fé

Old Norse

noun
Definitions
  • cattle; livestock, (especially sheep)
  • property, money

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *fehu (livestock, cattle, sheep, wealth, owndom) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *péḱu (livestock, cattle, domestic animals), *peḱ- (livestock, pluck, joyful, comb, make glad, shear, pluck wool, wool, pretty, be joyful, hair, please oneself, make attractive, make pretty).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*peḱ-

Gloss

livestock, pluck, joyful, comb, make glad, shear, pluck wool, wool, pretty, be joyful, hair, please oneself, make attractive, make pretty

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

畜

Emoji

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