English

featherfoot

From feather + foot.

Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to fly’

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Proto-Germanic *feþrō

Proto-West Germanic *feþru

Old English feþer

Middle English fethere ‘a wing feather’

Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’

Proto-Germanic *fōts ‘foot’

Proto-West Germanic *fōt

Old English fōt ‘foot’

Middle English fot ‘foot’

English foot

Today it means

noun An Aboriginal sorcerer.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / featherfoot