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The Germanic adj. *faiho- (represented only in West Germanic) is referred to the Aryan [[root]] *peiq- poiq- piq-, whence Old Irish oech enemy ( < poiqos, [[Greek]] πικρός bitter, Lithuanian pìkta-s angry. The current [[statement]] that the [[word]] is etymologically akin to fiend n. depends on the doubtful [[hypothesis]] that the root *peiq- is an extension of *pei- to hate.
The Germanic adj. *faiho- (represented only in West Germanic) is referred to the Aryan [[root]] *peiq- poiq- piq-, whence Old Irish oech enemy ( < poiqos, [[Greek]] πικρός bitter, Lithuanian pìkta-s angry. The current [[statement]] that the [[word]] is etymologically akin to fiend n. depends on the doubtful [[hypothesis]] that the root *peiq- is an extension of *pei- to hate.
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==Definitions==
==Definitions==
*1: one who has [[personal]] enmity for another
*1: one who has [[personal]] enmity for another