Words that come from Proto-Germanic etaną

309 words across 43 languages descend from Proto-Germanic etaną — including at, eat, eating, eaten, fret, eater, fretful, whereat.

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English (101)

German (27)

Finnish (22)

Dutch (19)

Old English (18)

Middle English (14)

Swedish (8)

Danish (7)

Luxembourgish (6)

Proto-Germanic (6)

Old Norse (6)

Westrobothnian (5)

Italian (5)

Norwegian Nynorsk (5)

Icelandic (4)

Middle Dutch (4)

Old High German (4)

Old Swedish (4)

Middle High German (4)

Faroese (3)

Yiddish (3)

Alemannic German (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Latin (2)

Afrikaans (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Old Frisian (2)

Gothic (2)

North Frisian (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Middle Low German (2)

West Frisian (1)

Low German (1)

Catalan (1)

Russian (1)

Elfdalian (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Cimbrian (1)

Portuguese (1)

Spanish (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Hunsrik (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)