Where does “fīant” come from?

fīant (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic fijandz, from Proto-Germanic fijāną, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.

fīant (Old High German): enemy, fiend, foe

Definitions

  1. enemy, fiend, foe

Ancestry of “fīant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfijandzenemy, fiend
2Proto-Germanicfijānąto hate; to dislike
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₁-to hate, hurt

Words derived from “fīant”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fijāną →Every word from Proto-Germanic fijandz →