Where does “þurhgefeoht” come from?

þurhgefeoht (Old English) comes from Old English þurh, from Proto-Germanic þurhw, from Proto-Indo-European tr̥h₂kʷe, from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- — to cross over, pass through, overcome.

þurhgefeoht (Old English): war

Definitions

  1. war

Ancestry of “þurhgefeoht”, step by step

þurhgefeoht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English þurh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishþurhAPI; through; by means of: by, through, via
2Proto-Germanicþurhwthrough
3Proto-Indo-Europeantr̥h₂kʷe—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₂-to cross over, pass through, overcome

via Old English ġefeoht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġefeohtbattle, war
2Proto-Germanicgafehtąfight, struggle
3Proto-Germanicfehtanąto comb, detangle
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱ-to pluck; livestock; wealth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tr̥h₂kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic þurhw →