Where does “etan” come from?

etan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic etan, from Proto-Germanic etaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.

etan (Old Saxon): to eat

Definitions

  1. to eat

Ancestry of “etan”, step by step

etan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic etan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicetanto eat
2Proto-Germanicetanąto eat
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁édtito eat
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

via Germanic *etan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanic*etan—

Words derived from “etan”

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