Where does “fiende” come from?
fiende (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse fjándi, from Proto-Germanic fijandz, from Proto-Germanic fijāną, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.
fiende (Norwegian Bokmål): an enemy
Ancestry of “fiende”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | fjándi | enemy; devil |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | fijandz | enemy, fiend |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | fijāną | to hate; to dislike |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₁- | to hate, hurt |