Reconstruction:Latin/fendo
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Unattested verb only found in compounds (see derived terms below), from Proto-Italic *fendō, from earlier *xʷendō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰén-dʰh₁e-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to strike, kill”).
Cognate with Ancient Greek θείνω (theínō, “to strike”), Albanian gjuaj, Sanskrit हन्ति (hánti).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
*fendō (present infinitive *fendere, perfect active *fendī, supine *fēnsum); third conjugation
Inflection edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “fendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press