fet

fet · verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ped-
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*fatōną“to hold, seize”
3. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*fatōn
4. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ped-“to walk, stumble, fall”
5. Proto-Germanic · derived from*fetaną“to go”
6. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*fetan
7. Old English · derived fromfetian
8. Middle English · derived fromfetten
9. English todayfet

From Middle English fetten, feten, from Old English fetian, fatian (“to bring, fetch”), probably a conflation of Proto-West Germanic *fetan, from Proto-Germanic *fetaną (“to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to walk, stumble, fall”); and Proto-West Germanic *fatōn, from Proto-Germanic *fatōną (“to hold, seize”), also from Proto-Indo-European *ped-. Cognate with Dutch vatten (“to catch, grab”), German fassen (“to lay hold of, seize, take, hold”). Compare also Icelandic feta (“to find one's way”). More at fetch.

fet · noun²

Compare feat, French fait, and Italian fetta (“slice”), German Fetzen (“rag”).

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