Where does “etja” come from?

etja (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic atjaną, from Proto-Germanic etaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.

etja (Old Norse): to incite, egg on to fight; to exhort; to put...

Definitions

  1. to incite, egg on to fight; to exhort; to put...

Ancestry of “etja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicatjanąto incite; to cause/allow to eat; to pasture;...
2Proto-Germanicetanąto eat
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁édtito eat
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

Words derived from “etja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti →Every word from Proto-Germanic etaną →
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