Where does “fjøtur” come from?

fjøtur (Faroese) comes from Old Norse fjǫturr, from Proto-Germanic feturaz, from Proto-Indo-European pēd-, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

fjøtur (Faroese): fetter

Definitions

  1. fetter

Ancestry of “fjøtur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefjǫturrfetter
2Proto-Germanicfeturazfetter
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpēd-foot
4Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pēd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic feturaz →