Where does “fōt” come from?

fōt (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic fōt, from Proto-Germanic fōts, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds, from Proto-Indo-European póds, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

fōt (Old English): foot

Definitions

  1. foot

Ancestry of “fōt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicfōtfoot
2Proto-Germanicfōtsfoot
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
5Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

Words derived from “fōt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European póds →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pṓds →