Where does “fæhþu” come from?
fæhþu (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic faihiþu, from Proto-West Germanic -iþu, from Proto-Germanic -iþō, from Proto-Indo-European -iteh₂ — -th.
fæhþu (Old English): enmity, hostility; feud
Ancestry of “fæhþu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | faihiþu | enmity, hostility; feud |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | -iþu | Forms abstract nouns from verbs, adjectives or... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -iþō | -ness, -th |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -iteh₂ | -th |