English

feedsack

From feed + sack.

A compound of feed + sack

Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną ‘to feed’

Proto-West Germanic *fōdijan ‘to feed’

Old English fēdan ‘to feed’

Middle English feden

English feed

Middle English sak ‘bag, sackcloth’

English sack

Today it means

noun A sack (bag) for feed, usually of cotton or polymer cloth or of heavy paper.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / feedsack