fief
French
noun
Definitions
- fief
Etymology
Derived from Frankish *fehu (cattle, livestock, owndom, fee, property).
Origin
Frankish
*fehu
Gloss
cattle, livestock, owndom, fee, property
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
畜
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- feodalis Latin
- feudum Latin
- fevum Latin
- *fehu Proto-Germanic
- Romfeoh Old English
- feoh Old English
- feohbot Old English
- feohern Old English
- feohgift Old English
- landfeoh Old English
- wudufeoh Old English
- fe Middle English
- fee Middle English
- fieu Old French
- fihu Old High German
- vihe Middle High German
- Véi Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *fehu gmw-pro
- Vëh Alemannic German
- *fehu Frankish
- feu Old Occitan