Where does “fecht” come from?

fecht (Scots) comes from Middle English fighten, from Old English feohtan, from Proto-West Germanic fehtan, from Proto-Germanic fehtaną, from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- — to pluck; livestock; wealth.

fecht (Scots): to fight; to struggle in the battle of life...

Definitions

  1. to fight; to struggle in the battle of life...

Ancestry of “fecht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishfightenSimple past faght and past participle foghten...
2Old Englishfeohtanto fight
3Proto-West Germanicfehtanto fight
4Proto-Germanicfehtanąto comb, detangle
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱ-to pluck; livestock; wealth

Words derived from “fecht”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fehtaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fehtan →
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