Feh

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (neuter, strong) squirrel fur; vair
2. (neuter, strong) a squirrel from which such fur can be produced, especially the Siberian subspecies of the red squirrel
3. (neuter, obsolete, strong) ermine
4. (neuter, strong) vair

Vertalings

vair

vaio

vair

vero

menu-vair

miniver

vair

vaar

veiro

armiño

vaire

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/feː/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle High German: vēch

Geërf van Old High German: fēh

Verwante met Skots: faw

In summary

From Middle High German vēch (“spotted, mottled fur”), from the adjective vēch, vēhe, vē (“multicoloured”, whence obsolete German fech, feh), from Old High German fēh, from Proto-West Germanic *faih, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz. Cognate with Scots faw.