Where does “اد” come from?

اد (Malay) comes from Proto-Turkic āt, from Proto-Germanic ētą, from Proto-Germanic etaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.

اد (Malay): to be

Definitions

  1. to be

Ancestry of “اد”, step by step

اد traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Turkic āt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicātname
2Proto-Germanicētąthe act of eating; food
3Proto-Germanicetanąto eat
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁édtito eat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

via Old Malay hada

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Malayhada—
2Proto-Malayic*ada(ʔ)to be
3Proto-Malayo-Chamicadato be
4Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanwadato be
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwadato be

Words derived from “اد”

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