Where does “atım” come from?

atım (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.

atım (Azerbaijani): pinch a small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip

Definitions

  1. pinch a small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip

Ancestry of “atım”, step by step

atım traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Turkic āt

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

via Azerbaijani atmaq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijaniatmaqto throw; to quit doing something; to put
2Proto-Turkicāt-step; to step; to walk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti →Every word from Proto-Germanic etaną →
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