Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/faihiþu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *faih (“hostile”) +‎ *-iþu.

Noun

*faihiþu f

1. enmity, hostility
2. feud

Declension

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*faihiþu
Genitive	*faihiþā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*faihiþu	*faihiþō
Accusative	*faihiþā	*faihiþā
Genitive	*faihiþā	*faihiþō
Dative	*faihiþē	*faihiþōm, *faihiþum
Instrumental	*faihiþu	*faihiþōm, *faihiþum

Derived terms

• *gafaihiþu
  • Old Saxon: gifēhitha
  • Old High German: gifēhida

Descendants

• Old English: fǣhþ
• Old Frisian: faithe, feithe
  • Saterland Frisian: Feede
  • West Frisian: fete (possibly borrowed from Dutch)
• Old Saxon: *fēhitha
  • Middle Low German: vêde, veide
    • → Danish: fejde
    • → Swedish: fejd
    • → Norwegian: feide
• Old Dutch: *faitha
  • Middle Dutch: vede, vete
    • Dutch: vete
      • Afrikaans: vete
• Old High German: faihida, fēhida
  • Middle High German: vēhede, vēde
    • German: Fehde
• → Medieval Latin: faida, faidia
  • Old French: faide, feide
    • → Middle English: fede, fed, fedd, feide
      • English: feud
      • Scots: fede, feid
  • Italian: faida