Where does “barefit” come from?

barefit (Scots) comes from Scots fit, from Northern Middle English fut, from Old English fōt, 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.

barefit (Scots): To be barefoot

Definitions

  1. To be barefoot

Ancestry of “barefit”, step by step

barefit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Scots fit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scotsfitfoot; lower end; to foot
2Northern Middle Englishfut—
3Old Englishfōtfoot
4Proto-West Germanicfōtfoot
5Proto-Germanicfōtsfoot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
8Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

via Scots bare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scotsbare—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European póds →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pṓds →