Where does “verfeinden” come from?
verfeinden (German) comes from German Feind, from Middle High German vīant, from Old High German fīant, from Proto-Germanic fijandz, from Proto-Germanic fijāną, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.
verfeinden (German): to make enemies
Definitions
- to make enemies
Ancestry of “verfeinden”, step by step
verfeinden traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Feind
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Feind | enemy, fiend, foe |
| 2 | Middle High German | vīant | — |
| 3 | Old High German | fīant | enemy, fiend, foe |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fijandz | enemy, fiend |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fijāną | to hate; to dislike |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₁- | to hate, hurt |
via German ver- -en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | ver- -en | Forms factitive verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)" |