Where does “Migjenfräta” come from?

Migjenfräta (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.

Migjenfräta (Plautdietsch): dragonfly

Definitions

  1. dragonfly

Ancestry of “Migjenfräta”, step by step

Migjenfräta 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 Migj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschMigjmosquito
2Middle Low Germanmügge—
3Old Saxonmuggia—
4Proto-West Germanicmuggjāsmall fly, midge, mosquito
5Proto-Germanicmugjǭa small fly; midge; mosquito
6Proto-Germanicmująfly
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmū-fly, mosquito; fly, midge; lips, muzzle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti →Every word from Proto-Germanic etaną →