פֿעכטן
געפֿאָכטן

ETYMOLOGY

OE feohtan, English to fight, OS fehtan, Dutch vechten, OHG fehtan, MHG vehten, NHG fechten; from PGmc ✱fehtan- 'to fight' (GM) (or ✱feht-a); perhaps from PIE root ✱peḱ- 'to pluck'.
Perhaps related to Greek πέκτω 'to comb, card, shear', Latin pectō 'to pluck'; from PIE peḱ-t-e-, Lithuanian pèšti 'to pluck, tear hair'.