Words that come from Proto-Germanic fijāną

117 words across 22 languages descend from Proto-Germanic fijāną — including faint, fond, fainting, fiend, fainter, fiendish, fondling, fondle.

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English (53)

German (21)

Middle English (8)

Dutch (6)

Danish (4)

Old English (4)

Swedish (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Gothic (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Old High German (2)

Icelandic (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Old Norse (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Middle High German (1)