Where does “eed” come from?
eed (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch eet, from Old Dutch ēth, from Proto-West Germanic aiþ, from Proto-Germanic aiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European oyt-.
eed (Dutch): oath
Ancestry of “eed”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | eet | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | ēth | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | aiþ | oath |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | aiþaz | oath |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | oyt- | — |