Where does “fleeschfrätent” come from?

fleeschfrätent (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch frätent, 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.

fleeschfrätent (Plautdietsch): carnivorous, meat-eating

Definitions

  1. carnivorous, meat-eating

Ancestry of “fleeschfrätent”, step by step

fleeschfrätent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch frätent

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plautdietschfrätentcorrosive
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 Fleesch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschFleeschmeat; flesh
2Middle Low Germanvlêsk—
3Old Saxonflēskmeat, flesh
4Proto-West Germanicflaiskimeat, flesh
5Proto-Germanicflaiskimeat, flesh
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁ḱ-to tear, peel off; to tear, rend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti →Every word from Proto-Germanic etaną →