Where does “fjándi” come from?

fjándi (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic fijandz, from Proto-Germanic fijāną, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.

fjándi (Old Norse): enemy; devil

Definitions

  1. enemy; devil

Ancestry of “fjándi”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fjándi”

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