Where does “feide” come from?
feide (Middle English) comes from Old French faide, from Medieval Latin faida, from Proto-West Germanic faihiþu, from Proto-West Germanic -iþu, from Proto-Germanic -iþō, from Proto-Indo-European -iteh₂ — -th.
Ancestry of “feide”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | faide | the right of the family or friends of a murdered... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | faida | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | faihiþu | enmity, hostility; feud |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -iþu | Forms abstract nouns from verbs, adjectives or... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -iþō | -ness, -th |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iteh₂ | -th |
Words derived from “feide”