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Cattle, chattel? - yes
Feoh, fee?? - yes
cattle
mid-13c., from Anglo-Fr. catel "property" (O.N.Fr. catel, O.Fr. chatel), from M.L. capitale "property, stock," neuter of Latin adj. capitalis "principal, chief," from caput "head" (gen. capitis; see head). Cf. sense development of fee, pecuniary. Original sense was of moveable property, especially livestock; not limited to "cows" until 1550s.
pecuniary
c.1500, from L. pecuniarius "pertaining to money," from pecunia "money, property, wealth," from pecu "cattle, flock," from PIE root *peku- (cf. Skt. pasu- "cattle," Goth. faihu "money, fortune," O.E. feoh "cattle, money"). Livestock was the measure of wealth in the ancient world. For a related sense development in O.E., see fee.
peculiar
mid-15c., from L. peculiaris "of one's own (property)," from peculium "private property," lit. "property in cattle" (in ancient times the most important form of property), from pecu "cattle, flock," related to pecus "cattle" (see pecuniary). Meaning of "unusual" is first attested c.1600.
fee
late 13c., from O.Fr. fieu, fief "fief, possession, holding, domain; feudal duties, payment," from M.L. feodum "land or other property whose use is granted in return for service," widely said to be from Frank. *fehu-od "payment-estate," or a similar Germanic compound, in which the first element is cognate with O.E. feoh "money, movable property, cattle" (also Ger. Vieh "cattle," Goth. faihu "money, fortune"), from PIE *peku- "cattle" (cf. Skt. pasu, Lith. pekus "cattle;" L. pecu "cattle," pecunia "money, property"); second element similar to O.E. ead "wealth." OED rejects this, and suggests a simple adaptation of Germanic fehu, leaving the M.L. -d- unexplained. Sense of "payment for services" first recorded late 14c.
Feudal and fief.
Personal property, meubles, as opposed to land (othel/immeubles).
Property that is peculiar to you.
Homonymous root morpheme *peku - to comb, pluck, fleece. Pastoralism. Early tending to wild herds to obtain fibres --> personal property.
Personal property ('cattle') as the concretion (and accretion) of money; wealth taken out of movement between people for the time being. A reservoir of wealth. Looking at how you have chosen to let the energy of your wealth manifest/accrete. Mindfulness in possessions. Goods rather than services.
"Also supporting this association of Fehu and Auðhumla, the name Auðhumla finds its origin, as De Vries says, by the conjunction of two roots. One is Old Norse ‘auðr’ meaning ‘property, riches’ and the second one is the root *humala- meaning ‘hornless’. Thus, De Vries suggests that Audhumla might mean ‘the rich hornless cow’. Since Tacitus (Germania 5) reports that some Germanic tribes had hornless cattle, this stresses the importance of Auðhumla’s lack of horns, in connection with the riches it brings. The importance of the horns will be stressed for understanding the second rune, Uruz which is associated to a bovine with big horns. Thus, Fehu and richness are associated with non-aggressive features."
Feoh, fee?? - yes
cattle
mid-13c., from Anglo-Fr. catel "property" (O.N.Fr. catel, O.Fr. chatel), from M.L. capitale "property, stock," neuter of Latin adj. capitalis "principal, chief," from caput "head" (gen. capitis; see head). Cf. sense development of fee, pecuniary. Original sense was of moveable property, especially livestock; not limited to "cows" until 1550s.
pecuniary
c.1500, from L. pecuniarius "pertaining to money," from pecunia "money, property, wealth," from pecu "cattle, flock," from PIE root *peku- (cf. Skt. pasu- "cattle," Goth. faihu "money, fortune," O.E. feoh "cattle, money"). Livestock was the measure of wealth in the ancient world. For a related sense development in O.E., see fee.
peculiar
mid-15c., from L. peculiaris "of one's own (property)," from peculium "private property," lit. "property in cattle" (in ancient times the most important form of property), from pecu "cattle, flock," related to pecus "cattle" (see pecuniary). Meaning of "unusual" is first attested c.1600.
fee
late 13c., from O.Fr. fieu, fief "fief, possession, holding, domain; feudal duties, payment," from M.L. feodum "land or other property whose use is granted in return for service," widely said to be from Frank. *fehu-od "payment-estate," or a similar Germanic compound, in which the first element is cognate with O.E. feoh "money, movable property, cattle" (also Ger. Vieh "cattle," Goth. faihu "money, fortune"), from PIE *peku- "cattle" (cf. Skt. pasu, Lith. pekus "cattle;" L. pecu "cattle," pecunia "money, property"); second element similar to O.E. ead "wealth." OED rejects this, and suggests a simple adaptation of Germanic fehu, leaving the M.L. -d- unexplained. Sense of "payment for services" first recorded late 14c.
Feudal and fief.
Personal property, meubles, as opposed to land (othel/immeubles).
Property that is peculiar to you.
Homonymous root morpheme *peku - to comb, pluck, fleece. Pastoralism. Early tending to wild herds to obtain fibres --> personal property.
Personal property ('cattle') as the concretion (and accretion) of money; wealth taken out of movement between people for the time being. A reservoir of wealth. Looking at how you have chosen to let the energy of your wealth manifest/accrete. Mindfulness in possessions. Goods rather than services.
"Also supporting this association of Fehu and Auðhumla, the name Auðhumla finds its origin, as De Vries says, by the conjunction of two roots. One is Old Norse ‘auðr’ meaning ‘property, riches’ and the second one is the root *humala- meaning ‘hornless’. Thus, De Vries suggests that Audhumla might mean ‘the rich hornless cow’. Since Tacitus (Germania 5) reports that some Germanic tribes had hornless cattle, this stresses the importance of Auðhumla’s lack of horns, in connection with the riches it brings. The importance of the horns will be stressed for understanding the second rune, Uruz which is associated to a bovine with big horns. Thus, Fehu and richness are associated with non-aggressive features."
