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
- third-person singular past historic of fendre
Ancestry of “fendit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fendre | to split, to chop (wood), to crack |
| 2 | Italian | fendere | to cut through, pass through; to split, cleave,... |
| 3 | Spanish | hender | To split, to cleave apart; To crack into pieces;... |
| 4 | Old Spanish | fender | — |
| 5 | Latin | findō | to cleave, break up, separate, divide, split, part |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | findō | split, cleave |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |