English
feuar
Feuar comes from Scots feuar ‘one who holds land in feu’, from Old French fieu ‘fief’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- ‘livestock’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peḱu-‘livestock’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fehu‘livestock, cattle’reconstructed
- Frankishc. 250–700same formreconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400fieu‘fief’
- Scotsc. 1450–presentfeu‘feud, tenure, piece of land held by that tenure’
- Scots, derivedc. 1450–presentfeuar‘one who holds land in feu’
- Englishearliest quotation 1820same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peḱu-‘livestock’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fehu‘livestock, cattle’reconstructed
- Frankishc. 250–700same formreconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400fieu‘fief’
- Scotsc. 1450–presentfeu‘feud, tenure, piece of land held by that tenure’
- Scots, derivedc. 1450–presentfeuar‘one who holds land in feu’
- Englishearliest quotation 1820same form
Earliest quotation: 1820, Walter Scott, The Monastery. A Romance. […]: “These out-field spots were selected by any feuar at…”
Equivalent to feu + -ar
Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- ‘livestock’
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Frankish *fehu ‘livestock, cattle’
Latin feudum ‘a fief, fee’
Middle French fé ‘fief’
Middle English feu
English feu
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- ‘livestock’
through Proto-Germanic *fehu ‘livestock, cattle’
through Frankish *fehu
Today it means
noun One who holds a feu.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- / feuar