Where does “fetere” come from?

fetere (Neapolitan) comes from Vulgar Latin *fĕtĕre, from Latin fēteō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

fetere (Neapolitan): to reek, smell putrid

Definitions

  1. to reek, smell putrid

Ancestry of “fetere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*fĕtĕre—
2Latinfēteōto have a bad smell, stink
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Latin fēteō →Every word from Vulgar Latin *fĕtĕre →