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Where does “fuoz” come from?

fuoz (Middle High German) comes from Old High German fuoȥ, from Proto-West Germanic fōt, from Proto-Germanic fōts, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds, from Proto-Indo-European póds, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

Ancestry of “fuoz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanfuoȥ—
2Proto-West Germanicfōtfoot
3Proto-Germanicfōtsfoot
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpóds—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall
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