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Where does “infiht” come from?

infiht (Old English) comes from Old English in-, from Old English in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.

infiht (Old English): an attack made upon a person by one inhabiting...

Definitions

  1. an attack made upon a person by one inhabiting...

Ancestry of “infiht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishin-in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the...
2Old Englishinin; Alternative form of inn
3Proto-West Germanic*in—
4Proto-Germanicinin; into
5Proto-Indo-Europeanénin

Words derived from “infiht”

  • infight
  • infighten
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