Where does “vreten” come from?
vreten (Middle Dutch) comes 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.
Ancestry of “vreten”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | fretan | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *fraetan | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | fraetaną | to devour, eat up, consume |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | etaną | to eat |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁édti | to eat |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |
Words derived from “vreten”