*faką

Runic: ᚠᚨᚲᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈɸɑ.kɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

An enclosed or defined space; division; compartment; department
Bounded space of time; period; interval

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ph2ǵ-ó-m, from a zero-grade form of root *peh2ǵ- (‘to fit, fix, fasten’) (Kroonen 2013). Cognate with Ancient Greek πάγη (págē) (págē, ‘snare, noose, anything that fixes or fastens’), Latin pāgus (‘district, canton, region’), and Latvian poga (‘button’). Possibly related to *fastuz (‘fixed, firm, secure’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	faką	fakō
Acc.	faką	fakō
Gen.	fakas, fakis	fakǫ̂
Dat.	fakai	fakamaz
Inst.	fakō	fakamiz
Voc.	faką	fakō

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Descendants

*fak (Proto-West Germanic)
- *fak (Old Dutch)
  - vac (Middle Dutch)
    - vak (Dutch)
      - vak (Afrikaans)
*fak (Proto-West Germanic)
- fæc, fec (Old English)
  - fæc, fec (Middle English)
    - fack (English)
    - faik, feck, fauk (Scots)
*fak (Proto-West Germanic)
- fak, fek (Old Frisian)
  - Fäk (Saterland Frisian)
  - fek (West Frisian)
*fak (Proto-West Germanic)
- fah (Old High German)
  - vach (Middle High German)
    - פֿאַך (fakh) (Yiddish)
*fak (Proto-West Germanic)
- fah (Old High German)
  - vach (Middle High German)
    - Fach (German)
    - Fach (Luxembourgish)
*fak (Proto-West Germanic)
- fac, fak (Old Saxon)
  - vak (Middle Low German)
    - Fack (Low German)
    - fack (Swedish)
    - fag (Norwegian Bokmål)
    - fag (Norwegian Nynorsk)
*fak (Proto-West Germanic)
- fac, fak (Old Saxon)
  - vak (Middle Low German)
    - fag (Danish)
      - fag (Icelandic)

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