From Proto-Germanic*fehu, from Proto-Indo-European*peḱu-(“livestock, domestic animals”). Germanic cognates include Old Frisian fia (West Frisian fee), Old Saxon fehu (Low German Veeh), Dutch vee, Old High German fihu (German Vieh), Old Norse fé (Danish fæ, Swedish fä), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿(faihu). The Indo-European root is also the source of Sanskrit पशु (páśu) ‘cattle’, Latin pecus, Old Armenian ասր(asr, “fleece”) and Lithuanian pēkus ‘cattle’.