Where does “jatte” come from?

jatte (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse játa, from Proto-Germanic etǭ, from Proto-Germanic etaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.

jatte (Norwegian Bokmål): to agree by yielding assent

Definitions

  1. to agree by yielding assent

Ancestry of “jatte”, step by step

jatte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse játa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsejátato agree, accept
2Proto-Germanicetǭmanger
3Proto-Germanicetanąto eat
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁édtito eat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

via Old Norse játta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsejátta—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti →Every word from Proto-Germanic etaną →