Where does “feohtan” come from?

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

feohtan (Old English): to fight

Definitions

  1. to fight

Ancestry of “feohtan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “feohtan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- →