Where does “Foot” come from?

Foot (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German vôt, from Old Saxon fot, from Proto-West Germanic fōt, from Proto-Germanic fōts, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds, from Proto-Indo-European póds, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

Foot (Plautdietsch): foot

Definitions

  1. foot

Ancestry of “Foot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanvôt—
2Old Saxonfotfoot
3Proto-West Germanicfōtfoot
4Proto-Germanicfōtsfoot
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
7Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

Words derived from “Foot”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European póds →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pṓds →
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