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Where does “ġefāh” come from?

ġefāh (Old English) comes from Old English fāh, from Proto-West Germanic faih — coloured; hostile.

ġefāh (Old English): enemy

Definitions

  1. enemy

Ancestry of “ġefāh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfāhcoloured; stained; dyed; tinged; shining;...
2Proto-West Germanicfaihcoloured; hostile

Words derived from “ġefāh”

  • fun
  • funny
  • foe
  • funnily
  • unfunny
  • funhouse
  • funfair
  • funniness
  • funnyman
  • ofay
  • funfilled
  • befoe
  • archfoe
  • funmaker
  • unfun
  • funster
  • superfun
  • foeless
  • funfest
  • funness
  • unfunniness
  • funless
  • funsies
  • unfunnily
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