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Where does “fehtandz” come from?

fehtandz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic fehtaną, from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- — to pluck; livestock; wealth.

Ancestry of “fehtandz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfehtanąto comb, detangle; to struggle , fight; to shear
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱ-to pluck; livestock; wealth

Words derived from “fehtandz”

  • fighting
  • infighting
  • firefighting
  • warfighting
  • bullfighting
  • cockfighting
  • crimefighting
  • gunfighting
  • streetfighting
  • stickfighting
  • nonfighting
  • bushfighting
  • fightingly
  • antibullfighting
  • footfighting
  • nonfirefighting
  • antifighting
  • shootfighting
  • fighting
  • feihtende
  • feghtand
  • fyȝtynge
  • fightand
  • feȝtand
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