The story
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*fuhtanaz
- Old English · inherited fromfohten
- Middle English · inherited fromfoughten
- English todayfoughten
From Middle English foughten, foghten, ifoghten, from Old English fohten, ġefohten, from Proto-Germanic *fuhtanaz, past participle of *fehtaną (“to comb; struggle with; fight”), equivalent to fought + -en. Cognate with Scots fochten, fochtin, Dutch gevochten. More at fight.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.