An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/fahnden

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, F (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
fahnden
Friedrich Kluge2506861An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, F — fahnden1891John Francis Davis

fahnden, vb., ‘to inform against,’ from MidHG. vanden, OHG. fânton, ‘to visit’; comp. OSax. fandian, AS. fandian, ‘to test, beseech, demand’; probably from a root fenþ in finden (comp. Du. vanden, ‘to visit a woman in childbed’).