Where does “ætwindan” come from?

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

ætwindan (Old English): to escape

Definitions

  1. to escape

Ancestry of “ætwindan”, step by step

ætwindan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English æt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishæteating; at a certain place; at a certain time
2Proto-Turkicātname
3Proto-Germanicētąthe act of eating; food
4Proto-Germanicetanąto eat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁édtito eat
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

via Old English windan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwindanto twist, wind, circle, curl, spiral, eddy
2Proto-West Germanic*windan—
3Proto-Germanicwindanąto wind, to wrap
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

Words derived from “ætwindan”

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