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Where does “ǣtren” come from?

ǣtren (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic ait(t)rīn, from Proto-West Germanic -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

ǣtren (Old English): poisoned, poisonous, venomous

Definitions

  1. poisoned, poisonous, venomous

Ancestry of “ǣtren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicait(t)rīnpoisonous
2Proto-West Germanic-īnCreates adjectives from nouns with the sense...
3Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
4Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
5Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “ǣtren”

  • attern
  • attern
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