Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe hair of the head. · The face.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- Proto-Indo-European *poḱsom Proto-Germanic *fahsą Proto-West Germanic *fahs Old English feax Middle English fax English fax From Middle English fax, from Old English feax (“hair, head of hair”), from Proto-West Germanic *fahs, from Proto-Germanic *fahsą (“hair, mane”), from Proto-Indo-European *poḱsom (“hair”, literally “that which is combed, shorn, or plucked”), from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to comb, shear, pluck”). Cognate with Dutch vas (“headhair”), German Fachs (“head-hair”), Norwegian faks (“mane”), Icelandic fax (“mane”), Sanskrit पक्ष्मन् (pákṣman, “eyelash, hair, filament”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionfaxenm
- Inherited-form mentionfeaxang
- Inherited-form mention*fahsgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*fahsągem-pro · hair, mane
- Inherited-form mention*poḱsomine-pro · hair
- Derivation mention*peḱ-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionvasnl
- Cognate mentionFachsde
- Cognate mentionfaksno
- Cognate mentionfaxis
- Cognate mentionपक्ष्मन्sa
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