Where does “fyrhtu” come from?

fyrhtu (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic furhtī, from Proto-Germanic furhtį̄, from Proto-Indo-European perǵ-.

fyrhtu (Old English): fright

Definitions

  1. fright

Ancestry of “fyrhtu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicfurhtīfright, fear
2Proto-Germanicfurhtį̄fear, fright
3Proto-Indo-Europeanperǵ-—

Words derived from “fyrhtu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European perǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic furhtį̄ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic furhtī →