Where does “fiende” come from?

fiende (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse fjándi, from Proto-Germanic fijandz, from Proto-Germanic fijāną, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.

fiende (Norwegian Nynorsk): an enemy

Definitions

  1. an enemy

Ancestry of “fiende”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefjándienemy; devil
2Proto-Germanicfijandzenemy, fiend
3Proto-Germanicfijānąto hate; to dislike
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₁-to hate, hurt

Words derived from “fiende”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fijāną →Every word from Proto-Germanic fijandz →
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