Where does “vreten” come from?

vreten (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch vrēten, from Old Dutch fretan, from Proto-Germanic *fraetan, from Proto-Germanic fraetaną, from Proto-Germanic etaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.

vreten (Dutch): to eat savagely, stuff; food

Definitions

  1. to eat savagely, stuff; food

Ancestry of “vreten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchvrētento eat savagely or greedily
2Old Dutchfretan—
3Proto-Germanic*fraetan—
4Proto-Germanicfraetanąto devour, eat up, consume
5Proto-Germanicetanąto eat
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁édtito eat
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

Words derived from “vreten”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →