Where does “fendit” come from?

fendit (French) comes from French fendre, from Italian fendere, from Spanish hender, from Old Spanish fender, from Latin findō, from Proto-Italic findō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

fendit (French): third-person singular past historic of fendre

Definitions

  1. third-person singular past historic of fendre

Ancestry of “fendit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfendreto split, to chop (wood), to crack
2Italianfendereto cut through, pass through; to split, cleave,...
3SpanishhenderTo split, to cleave apart; To crack into pieces;...
4Old Spanishfender
5Latinfindōto cleave, break up, separate, divide, split, part
6Proto-Italicfindōsplit, cleave
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-Every word from Proto-Italic findō