Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/faihiþu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

enmity, hostility
feud

Declension

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

Derived terms

*gifaihiþu
- Old Saxon: gifēhitha
- Old High German: gifēhida

Descendants

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