fehtan

Old English

Verb

fehtan

  1. (Anglian) to fight

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fehtaną, whence Old Saxon fehtan, Old English feohtan (English fight). From Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to pluck out”) (also in *peḱu- (“cattle”), English fee, fellow, Latin pecu, pecunia).

Verb

fehtan

  1. to fight

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Middle High German: vëhten

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fehtaną, whence Old High German fehtan (German fechten), Old Frisian fiuhta, Old English feohtan (English fight). From Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to pluck out”) (also in *peḱu- (“cattle”), English fee, fellow, Latin pecu, pecunia).

Verb

fehtan

  1. to fight

Conjugation

Descendants

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