fehtan

Old High German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic Template:recons, whence Old Saxon (deprecated template usage) fehtan, Old English (deprecated template usage) feohtan (English (deprecated template usage) fight). From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European Template:recons (also in (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European Template:recons, English (deprecated template usage) fee, (deprecated template usage) fellow, Latin (deprecated template usage) pecu, (deprecated template usage) pecunia).

Verb

fehtan

1. to fight

Descendants

• Middle High German: vëhten
  • German: fechten

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic Template:recons, whence Old High German (deprecated template usage) fehtan (German (deprecated template usage) fechten), Old Frisian (deprecated template usage) fiuhta, Old English (deprecated template usage) feohtan (English (deprecated template usage) fight). From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European Template:recons (also in (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European Template:recons, English (deprecated template usage) fee, (deprecated template usage) fellow, Latin (deprecated template usage) pecu, (deprecated template usage) pecunia).

Verb

fehtan

1. to fight

Conjugation

Conjugation of fehtan (strong class 3)

infinitive	fehtan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	fihtu	faht
2nd person singular	fihtis	fuhti
3rd person singular	fihtid	faht
plural	fehtad	fuhtun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	fehte	fuhti
2nd person singular	fehtes	fuhtis
3rd person singular	fehte	fuhti
plural	fehten	fuhtin
imperative	present
singular	feht
plural	fehtad
participle	present	past
	fihtandi	gifohtan, fohtan

Descendants

• Middle Low German: vechten
  • Low German: fechten
  • Danish: fegte, fægte
  • Swedish: fäkta
  • Norwegian: fekta, fekte