פֿאַך
‘vocation; shelf’
פֿאַך
'vocation; shelf'
ETYMOLOGY
OE fæc 'space, interval, distance, space of time', Dutch vak 'space; profession', OHG fah 'fishing weir; wall, compartment', MHG vach, NHG Fach 'compartment, panel; discipline'; from PGmc ✱faka- 'enclosure, section'; from PIE ✱ph₂ǵ-o- (or ✱pāǵ-).
Related: Sanskrit pājas- 'side, surface (?)', Greek πήγνυμι 'to attach, join', πάγη 'snare, noose', Latin pangō 'to insert firmly, fix', compāgēs 'fastening', pāgus 'district'
CENTRAL
HASIDIC
AMERICA
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