The story
- Proto-Germanic · inherited from*funsijaną“to make ready”
- Old English · inherited fromfēsan
- Middle English · inherited fromfesen“to drive, incite, put into action; frighten, terrify, prosecute, punish”
- 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
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.