Feh

Meaning

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

Concepts

vair

miniver

Translations

vair

vaio

vero

vaar

veiro

armiño

vair

menu-vair

vaire

Pronounced as (IPA)

/feː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: vēch

Inherited from Old High German: fēh

Cognate with Scots: 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.