Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryOne of the four stomachs of a ruminating animal; rumen; paunch.
From Middle English *fak, fec, fæc (“space, compartment”), from Old English fæc (“space of time, while, division, interval; period of five years, lustrum”), from Proto-West Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic *faką (“division, department, space”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-, *paǵ- (“to fasten, fix”). Cognate with West Frisian fek, Dutch vak (“section, compartment”), German Fach (“compartment”), Swedish fack (“compartment, box, department”), Latin pangō (“fasten, fix”). Doublet of Fach.
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- Root classification mention*peh₂ǵ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mention*fakenm
- Inherited-form mentionfæcang · space of time, while, division, interval; period of five years, lustrum
- Inherited-form mention*fakgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*fakągem-pro · division, department, space
- Derivation mention*peh₂ǵ-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionfekfy
- Cognate mentionvaknl · section, compartment
- Cognate mentionFachde · compartment
- Cognate mentionfacksv · compartment, box, department
- Cognate mentionpangōla · fasten, fix
- Doublet mentionFachen
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