Where does “geetan” come from?

geetan (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.

geetan (Old English): to eat together; eat with; to consume, fret

Definitions

  1. to eat together; eat with; to consume, fret

Ancestry of “geetan”, step by step

geetan 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 ġē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġēye
2Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
3Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
4Proto-Germanic-hwe—
5Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti →Every word from Proto-Germanic etaną →