Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Minced oath for fuck.
To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get. · To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for. · To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing. · To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.
An act of fetching, of bringing something from a distance. · An act of fetching data. · The object of fetching; the source of an attraction; a force, propensity, or quality which attracts. · An area over which wind is blowing (over water) and generating waves.
The verb is derived from Middle English fecchen (“to get and bring back, fetch; to come for, get and take away; to steal; to carry away to kill; to search for; to obtain, procure”) [and other forms], from Old English feċċan, fæċċan, feccean (“to fetch, bring; to draw; to gain, take; to seek”), a variant of fetian, fatian (“to bring near, fetch; to acquire, obtain; to bring on, induce; to fetch a wife, marry”) and possibly related to Old English facian, fācian (“to acquire, obtain; to try to obtain; to get; to get to, reach”), both from Proto-Germanic *fatōną, *fatjaną (“to hold, seize; to fetch”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to step, walk; to fall, stumble”). The English word is cognate with Dutch vatten (“to apprehend, catch; to grasp; to understand”), German fassen (“to catch, grasp; to capture, seize”), English fet (“(obsolete) to fetch”), Faroese fata (“to grasp, understand”), Danish fatte (“to grasp, understand”), Swedish fatta (“to grasp, understand”), Icelandic feta (“to go, step”), West Frisian fetsje (“to grasp”). The noun is derived from the verb.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*ped-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionfecchenenm · to get and bring back, fetch; to come for, get and take away; to steal; to carry away to kill; to search for; to obtain, procure
- Inherited-form mentionfeċċanang
- Cognate mentionfacianang
- Inherited-form mention*fatōnągem-pro
- Derivation mention*ped-ine-pro · to step, walk; to fall, stumble
- Cognate mentionvattennl · to apprehend, catch; to grasp; to understand
- Cognate mentionfassende · to catch, grasp; to capture, seize
- Cognate mentionfeten · (obsolete) to fetch
- Cognate mentionfatafo · to grasp, understand
- Cognate mentionfatteda · to grasp, understand
- Cognate mentionfattasv · to grasp, understand
- Cognate mentionfetais · to go, step
- Cognate mentionfetsjefy · to grasp
This page abbreviates 9 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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