Old English fæc

← German Fach (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *faką (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *fak (inherited)

← Old High German fah (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *pāǵe- (derived)

← Latin pangō (cognate)

← Dutch vak (cognate)

← Old Frisian fek (cognate)

← Old Saxon fak (cognate)

→ English pole (cognate)

→ English fack (inherited)

→ Old High German fah (cognate)