Where does “ed” come from?

ed (Danish) comes from Old Danish [[ēþ]], [[eth]], from Old Norse eiðr, from Proto-Germanic aiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European oyt-.

ed (Danish): an oath; a curse, an epithet

Definitions

  1. an oath; a curse, an epithet

Ancestry of “ed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Danish[[ēþ]], [[eth]]—
2Old Norseeiðroath
3Proto-Germanicaiþazoath
4Proto-Indo-Europeanoyt-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European oyt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic aiþaz →Every word from Old Norse eiðr →