Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗About to die; doomed; on the verge of sudden or violent death. · Dying; dead. · Possessing second sight, clairvoyance, or clairaudience. · Overrefined, affected.
From Middle English feye (“fated to die”), from Old English fǣġe (“doomed to die, timid”), from Proto-West Germanic *faigī, from Proto-Germanic *faigijaz (“cowardly, wicked”), from Proto-Indo-European *peyk- (“ill-meaning, bad”). Akin to Old Saxon fēgi, whence Dutch veeg (“doomed, near death”), Old High German feigi (“appointed for death, ungodly”) whence German feige (“cowardly”), Old Norse feigr (“doomed”) whence the Icelandic feigur (“doomed to die”), Old English fāh (“outlawed, hostile”). More at foe.
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- Root classification mention*peyḱ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionfeyeenm · fated to die
- Inherited-form mentionfǣġeang
- Inherited-form mention*faigīgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*faigijazgem-pro
- Derivation mention*peyk-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionfēgiosx
- Cognate mentionveegnl
- Cognate mentionfeigigoh
- Cognate mentionfeigede
- Cognate mentionfeigrnon
- Cognate mentionfeiguris
- Cognate mentionfāhang
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