Where does “feynen” come from?

feynen (Middle English) comes from Old French feindre, from Latin fingere, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.

feynen (Middle English): To make, produce, cause; To fake, feign, defraud,...

Definitions

  1. To make, produce, cause; To fake, feign, defraud,...

Ancestry of “feynen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfeindreto feign
2Latinfingeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape

Words derived from “feynen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- →Every word from Latin fingere →Every word from Old French feindre →