Where does “fighten” come from?

fighten (Middle English) comes from Old English feohtan, from Proto-West Germanic fehtan, from Proto-Germanic fehtaną, from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- — to pluck; livestock; wealth.

fighten (Middle English): Simple past faght and past participle foghten...

Definitions

  1. Simple past faght and past participle foghten...

Ancestry of “fighten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfeohtanto fight
2Proto-West Germanicfehtanto fight
3Proto-Germanicfehtanąto comb, detangle
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱ-to pluck; livestock; wealth

Words derived from “fighten”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fehtaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fehtan →