Where does “fehtan” come from?

fehtan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic fehtan, from Proto-Germanic fehtaną, from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- — to pluck; livestock; wealth.

fehtan (Old Dutch): to fight

Definitions

  1. to fight

Ancestry of “fehtan”, step by step

fehtan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic fehtan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicfehtanto fight
2Proto-Germanicfehtanąto comb, detangle
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱ-to pluck; livestock; wealth

via Proto-Germanic *fehtan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*fehtan—

Words derived from “fehtan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fehtaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fehtan →