Where does “fretan” come from?

fretan (Old Dutch) comes 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 “fretan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fretan”

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