Where does “forhta” come from?

forhta (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic forhtu, from Proto-Germanic furhtō, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥k- — to fear.

forhta (Old Dutch): fear, fright

Definitions

  1. fear, fright

Ancestry of “forhta”, step by step

forhta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic forhtu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicforhtufright, fear
2Proto-Germanicfurhtōfright, fear
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥k-to fear

via Proto-Germanic furhtį̄

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfurhtį̄fear, fright
2Proto-Indo-Europeanperǵ-—

Words derived from “forhta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥k- →Every word from Proto-Germanic furhtō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic forhtu →