Where does “fend” come from?

fend (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian spenda, from Proto-Indo-European spand-.

fend (Albanian): I break wind, fart

Definitions

  1. I break wind, fart

Ancestry of “fend”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanianspenda—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanspand-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European spand- →Every word from Proto-Albanian spenda →