Where does “feoht” come from?

feoht (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic fehtan, from Proto-Germanic fehtaną, from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- — to pluck; livestock; wealth.

feoht (Old English): fight

Definitions

  1. fight

Ancestry of “feoht”, step by step

feoht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic fehtan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicfehtanto fight
2Proto-Germanicfehtanąto comb, detangle
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱ-to pluck; livestock; wealth

via Proto-Germanic fehtą

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfehtą—

Words derived from “feoht”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fehtaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fehtan →