Where does “fendly” come from?

fendly (Middle English) comes from Old English feondlic, from Old English fēond, from Proto-Germanic *fijand, from Proto-Germanic fijandz, from Proto-Germanic fijāną, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.

fendly (Middle English): Hostile

Definitions

  1. Hostile

Ancestry of “fendly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfeondlichostile; Satanic
2Old Englishfēondenemy; adversary, foe, enemy, fiend, devil,...
3Proto-Germanic*fijand—
4Proto-Germanicfijandzenemy, fiend
5Proto-Germanicfijānąto hate; to dislike
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₁-to hate, hurt

Words derived from “fendly”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fijāną →Every word from Proto-Germanic fijandz →