Where does “feortan” come from?
feortan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic fertaną, from Proto-Indo-European perd- — to fart loudly, pass gas, break wind.
feortan (Old English): to fart
Ancestry of “feortan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | fertaną | to break wind, fart |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | perd- | to fart loudly, pass gas, break wind |
Words derived from “feortan”