Where does “fehtati” come from?
fehtati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German fechten, from Middle High German vëhten, from Old High German fehtan, from Proto-West Germanic fehtan, from Proto-Germanic fehtaną, from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- — to pluck; livestock; wealth.
fehtati (Serbo-Croatian): to beg
Ancestry of “fehtati”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | fechten | To fence; To fight; To beg |
| 2 | Middle High German | vëhten | — |
| 3 | Old High German | fehtan | to fight |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | fehtan | to fight |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fehtaną | to comb, detangle; to struggle , fight; to shear |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | peḱ- | to pluck; livestock; wealth |