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faþe

faþe

See also: Faye

Old English

Noun

faþe f

  1. father's sister, paternal aunt

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Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *faþǭ, *faþō ‎(“father's sister”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr ‎(“father”). Akin to Old Frisian fethe ‎(“father's sister, aunt”), Middle Low German vade ‎(“father's sister”), Old English fæder ‎(“father”).

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