Where does “frëȥȥen” come from?

frëȥȥen (Middle High German) comes from Old High German frëȥȥan, 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 “frëȥȥen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “frëȥȥen”

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