Where does “fiand” come from?

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

fiand (Old Saxon): enemy

Definitions

  1. enemy

Ancestry of “fiand”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfijandzenemy, fiend
2Proto-Germanicfijānąto hate; to dislike
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₁-to hate, hurt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- →