Where does “þurhetan” come from?

þurhetan (Old English) comes from Old English etan, from Proto-West Germanic etan, from Proto-Germanic etaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.

þurhetan (Old English): to eat through, eat out

Definitions

  1. to eat through, eat out

Ancestry of “þurhetan”, step by step

þurhetan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English etan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishetanto eat
2Proto-West Germanicetanto eat
3Proto-Germanicetanąto eat
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁édtito eat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

via Old English þurh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishþurhAPI; through; by means of: by, through, via
2Proto-Germanicþurhwthrough
3Proto-Indo-Europeantr̥h₂kʷe—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₂-to cross over, pass through, overcome
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti →Every word from Proto-Germanic etaną →