Where does “at” come from?

at (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish آت, from Proto-Turkic āt, from Proto-Germanic ētą, from Proto-Germanic etaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.

at (Turkish): horse; knight; second-person singular imperative...

Definitions

  1. horse; knight; second-person singular imperative...

Ancestry of “at”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishآتhorse
2Proto-Turkicātname
3Proto-Germanicētąthe act of eating; food
4Proto-Germanicetanąto eat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁édtito eat
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

Words derived from “at”

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