Where does “feide” come from?

feide (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Middle Low German veide, from Old Saxon *fēhitha, from Proto-West Germanic faihiþu, from Proto-West Germanic -iþu, from Proto-Germanic -iþō, from Proto-Indo-European -iteh₂ — -th.

feide (Norwegian Bokmål): a feud; simple past of feie

Definitions

  1. a feud; simple past of feie

Ancestry of “feide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanveide—
2Old Saxon*fēhitha—
3Proto-West Germanicfaihiþuenmity, hostility; feud
4Proto-West Germanic-iþuForms abstract nouns from verbs, adjectives or...
5Proto-Germanic-iþō-ness, -th
6Proto-Indo-European-iteh₂-th
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iteh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic -iþō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -iþu →