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His nickname of Tich alluded to his height of barely five feet
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foot

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fiːt/

Inherited from Middle English

Inherited from Old English

Cognate with Saterland Frisian

Cognate with Western Frisian

Cognate with German

Cognate with Danish

Cognate with Swedish

Cognate with Faroese

Cognate with Icelandic

In summary

From Middle English feet, fet, from Old English fēt, from Proto-Germanic *fōtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *pódes, nominative plural of *pṓds (“foot”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fäite (“feet”), West Frisian fiet (“feet”), German Füße (“feet”), Danish fødder (“feet”), Swedish fötter (“feet”), Faroese føtur (“feet”), Icelandic fætur (“feet”).