Where does “athugasamligr” come from?

athugasamligr (Old Norse) comes from Old Norse athugi, from Old Norse át, from Proto-Germanic at, from Proto-Germanic ētą, from Proto-Germanic etaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.

athugasamligr (Old Norse): attentive

Definitions

  1. attentive

Ancestry of “athugasamligr”, step by step

athugasamligr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse athugi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseathugiattention
2Old Norseátthe act of eating; food; first-person singular...
3Proto-Germanicatat, toward, to
4Proto-Germanicētąthe act of eating; food
5Proto-Germanicetanąto eat
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁édtito eat
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

via Old Norse samligr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesamligrfriendly, amicable
2Old Norse-ligrsuffix used to create adjectives, having the...
3Proto-Germanic-līkaz-like, -ly
4Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti →Every word from Proto-Germanic etaną →
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