Where does “fiunt” come from?

fiunt (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *fijand, from Proto-Germanic fijandz, from Proto-Germanic fijāną, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.

fiunt (Old Dutch): enemy

Definitions

  1. enemy

Ancestry of “fiunt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*fijand—
2Proto-Germanicfijandzenemy, fiend
3Proto-Germanicfijānąto hate; to dislike
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₁-to hate, hurt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fijāną →Every word from Proto-Germanic fijandz →