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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

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

Words derived from “ætwindan”

  • atwind
  • betwynde
  • ætwenden
  • ætwinden
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