Where does “feigi” come from?

feigi (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic *faigī, from Proto-Germanic faigijaz, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

feigi (Old High German): cowardly

Definitions

  1. cowardly

Ancestry of “feigi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*faigīfey, doomed to die
2Proto-Germanicfaigijazfey, doomed to die
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

Words derived from “feigi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic faigijaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *faigī →