Where does “vrēten” come from?

vrēten (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.

vrēten (Middle Dutch): to eat savagely or greedily

Definitions

  1. to eat savagely or greedily

Ancestry of “vrēten”, step by step

vrēten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch fretan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchfretan—
2Proto-Germanic*fraetan—
3Proto-Germanicfraetanąto devour, eat up, consume
4Proto-Germanicetanąto eat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁édtito eat
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

via Old Saxon fretan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonfretanto devour, eat greatly
2Proto-West Germanic*fraetanto devour, eat up, consume

Words derived from “vrēten”

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