Where does “æt” come from?

æt (Old English) comes from Proto-Turkic āt, from Proto-Germanic ētą, from Proto-Germanic etaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.

æt (Old English): eating; at a certain place; at a certain time

Definitions

  1. eating; at a certain place; at a certain time

Ancestry of “æt”, step by step

æt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Turkic āt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicātname
2Proto-Germanicētąthe act of eating; food
3Proto-Germanicetanąto eat
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁édtito eat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

via Proto-Germanic at

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicatat, toward, to
2Proto-Indo-Europeanádnear”, “at; near; at; at; near

Words derived from “æt”

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