Where does “yeten” come from?

yeten (Middle English) comes from Middle English yë, from Old English ġē, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

yeten (Middle English): To pour out from a container; To flow or gush; To...

Definitions

  1. To pour out from a container; To flow or gush; To...

Ancestry of “yeten”, step by step

yeten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English yë

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishyëAlternative form of eie
2Old Englishġēye
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Old English ġēotan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġēotanto pour, pour forth, shed, gush, flow, flood,...
2Proto-West Germanicgeutanto pour
3Proto-Germanicgeutanąto pour
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰewd-to pour
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰew-to pour

Words derived from “yeten”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →