Feh

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

vaio

Traduzioni

vair

vair

vero

vaire

vaar

veiro

armiño

vair

miniver

menu-vair

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/feː/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da tedesco medio alto: vēch

Ereditato da tedesco antico alto: fēh

Affine scozzese: 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.