Where does “ettan” come from?

ettan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *attjan, from Proto-Germanic atjaną, from Proto-Germanic etaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.

ettan (Old English): to consume the produce of the land, pasture, graze

Definitions

  1. to consume the produce of the land, pasture, graze

Ancestry of “ettan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*attjanto cause to eat
2Proto-Germanicatjanąto incite; to cause/allow to eat; to pasture;...
3Proto-Germanicetanąto eat
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁édtito eat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti →Every word from Proto-Germanic etaną →