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Where does “fezzera” come from?

fezzera (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic feturaz, from Proto-Indo-European pēd-, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

fezzera (Old High German): fetter

Definitions

  1. fetter

Ancestry of “fezzera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfeturazfetter
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpēd-foot
3Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall
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