Where does “at” come from?

at (Azerbaijani) comes from Proto-Turkic āt, from Proto-Germanic ētą, from Proto-Germanic etaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.

at (Azerbaijani): horse; knight; second-person singular imperative...

Definitions

  1. horse; knight; second-person singular imperative...

Ancestry of “at”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicātname
2Proto-Germanicētąthe act of eating; food
3Proto-Germanicetanąto eat
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁édtito eat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

Words derived from “at”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti →Every word from Proto-Germanic etaną →