Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fehtaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to pluck, ruffle, tousle, shear”). Cognate with Latin pectō (“to comb, thrash”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editInflection
editConjugation of *fehtaną (strong class 3)
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *fehtan
References
edit- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fehtan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 134
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*fextanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 96-97