Etymology

feaze

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Middle English fesen ← Old English fēsan ← Proto-Germanic *funsijaną
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*funsijaną“to make ready”
  2. Old English · inherited fromfēsan
  3. Middle English · inherited fromfesen“to drive, incite, put into action; frighten, terrify, prosecute, punish”
  4. English todayfeaze

From Middle English fesen (“to drive, incite, put into action; frighten, terrify, prosecute, punish”), from Old English fēsan, fȳsan (“to hasten, impel”), from Proto-Germanic *funsijaną (“to make ready”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishfesen all →

Old Englishfēsan all →

Proto-Germanic*funsijaną all →

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.