Where does “fattening” come from?
I need to analyze this etymology chain carefully, but I notice there are significant issues with the provided chain that make it impossible to write an accurate sentence. The chain shows: - English fatten → English fat → Middle English -en → Old English -en → Proto-Indo-European pod- (listed twice) → Proto-Indo-European i- → Proto-Indo-European en This chain is problematic because: 1. It doesn't trace "fatten" logically. "Fatten" comes from "fat" + the English verb-forming suffix "-en," but the chain then lists Middle English and Old English "-en" separately, which seems to be treating the suffix as the main etymology. 2. The jump from Old English "-en" to "Proto-Indo-European pod-" doesn't make linguistic sense. These don't connect. 3. The Proto-Indo-European roots listed (pod-, i-, en) don
fattening (English): That causes weight gain; often of high calorie...
Definitions
- That causes weight gain; often of high calorie...
Ancestry of “fattening”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fatten | To cause to be fat or fatter; To become fat or... |
| 2 | English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 3 | Middle English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 4 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 5 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |