Where does “etaną” come from?

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

etaną (Proto-Germanic): to eat

Definitions

  1. to eat

Ancestry of “etaną”, step by step

etaną traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European h₁édti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁édtito eat
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

via Proto-Indo-European h₁éd-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éd-to eat

Words derived from “etaną”

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