"fieu" meaning in Old French

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Noun

Forms: fieu oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], fieus [oblique, plural], fieus [nominative, singular], fieu [nominative, plural], fe [alternative], fie [alternative]
Etymology: From Frankish *fehu, from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock”). Etymology templates: {{ety|fro|:der|frk:*fehu}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*péku", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "livestock", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*peḱ-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*péḱu", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*fehu", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Frankish", "term" : "*fehu", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "frk" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "fieu", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" }" data-lang="fro" data-title="fieu">, {{der|fro|frk|*fehu}} Frankish *fehu, {{der|fro|gem-pro|*fehu}} Proto-Germanic *fehu, {{der|fro|ine-pro|*peḱu-||livestock}} Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock”) Head templates: {{fro-noun|m}} fieu oblique singular, m (oblique plural fieus, nominative singular fieus, nominative plural fieu)
  1. fief
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Download raw JSONL data for fieu meaning in Old French (3.6kB)

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