Where does “ätzen” come from?

ätzen (German) comes 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.

ätzen (German): to etch; to cauterize; to provoke

Definitions

  1. to etch; to cauterize; to provoke

Ancestry of “ätzen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanetzen—
2Old High Germanetzen—
3Proto-Germanicatjanąto incite; to cause/allow to eat; to pasture;...
4Proto-Germanicetanąto eat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁édtito eat
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

Words derived from “ätzen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti →Every word from Proto-Germanic etaną →