Where does “Eemskjefräta” come from?

Eemskjefräta (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Fräta, from Plautdietsch fräten, from Middle Dutch vrēten, from Old Dutch fretan, from Proto-Germanic *fraetan, from Proto-Germanic fraetaną, from Proto-Germanic etaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti — to eat.

Eemskjefräta (Plautdietsch): anteater

Definitions

  1. anteater

Ancestry of “Eemskjefräta”, step by step

Eemskjefräta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Fräta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschFräta—
2Plautdietschfrätento devour, to eat greedily
3Middle Dutchvrētento eat savagely or greedily
4Old Dutchfretan—
5Proto-Germanic*fraetan—
6Proto-Germanicfraetanąto devour, eat up, consume
7Proto-Germanicetanąto eat
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁édtito eat
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

via Plautdietsch Eemskje

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschEemskjeant
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti →Every word from Proto-Germanic etaną →