Where does “etsata” come from?
etsata (Finnish) comes from German ätzen, from Middle High German etzen, from Old High German etzen, from Proto-Germanic atjaną, from Proto-Germanic etaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.
etsata (Finnish): To etch
Ancestry of “etsata”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | ätzen | to etch; to cauterize; to provoke |
| 2 | Middle High German | etzen | — |
| 3 | Old High German | etzen | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | atjaną | to incite; to cause/allow to eat; to pasture;... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | etaną | to eat |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁édti | to eat |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |
Words derived from “etsata”