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Where does “fetchest” come from?

fetchest (English) comes from English fetch, from Middle English fecchen, from Old English feċċan, from Old English fetian, from Proto-Germanic fatōną, from Proto-Indo-European pēd-, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

fetchest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...

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Ancestry of “fetchest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfetchTo retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get; To...
2Middle Englishfecchento get and bring back, fetch; to come for, get...
3Old Englishfeċċan—
4Old Englishfetianto fetch, bring near; to obtain, acquire; to...
5Proto-Germanicfatōnąto hold; seize
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpēd-foot
7Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall
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