Where does “vēde” come from?
vēde (Middle High German) comes from Old High German fehida, from Proto-West Germanic faihiþu, from Proto-West Germanic -iþu, from Proto-Germanic -iþō, from Proto-Indo-European -iteh₂ — -th.
Ancestry of “vēde”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | fehida | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | faihiþu | enmity, hostility; feud |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | -iþu | Forms abstract nouns from verbs, adjectives or... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -iþō | -ness, -th |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -iteh₂ | -th |
Words derived from “vēde”