feoh

feoh

See also: feoh-

Old English

Alternative forms

• fioh, feh

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *péḱu (“livestock, domestic animals”). Germanic cognates include Old Frisian fia (West Frisian fee), Old Saxon fehu (Low German Veeh), Dutch vee, Old High German fihu (German Vieh), Old Norse fé (Danish fæ, Swedish fä), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿 (faihu). The Indo-European root is also the source of Sanskrit पशु (páśu, “cattle”), Latin pecus, Old Armenian ասր (asr, “fleece”) and Lithuanian pēkus (“cattle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feo̯h/, [feo̯x]

Noun

feoh n

1. money
   • c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English

     Ēalā ġif iċ hæfde feoh.

     If only I had money.

2. livestock, cattle
3. property
4. the runic character ᚠ (/f/)

Declension

Declension of feoh

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	feoh
accusative	feoh
genitive	fēos
dative	fēo

Derived terms

• feohġift

Descendants

• Middle English: feh, fe, fee (with Old French)
  • English: fee
  • Scots: fe, fee, fiel