Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/etunaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *etaną (“to eat”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈe.tu.nɑz/

Noun

*etunaz m

an overeater, glutton
a giant

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *etunaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*etunaz	etunōz, etunōs
vocative	*etun	etunōz, etunōs
accusative	*etuną	*etunanz
genitive	etunas, etunis	*etunǫ̂
dative	*etunai	*etunamaz
instrumental	*etunō	*etunamiz

Synonyms

Descendants

Old English: eoten, ēoten
- Middle English: eten, eotend, eatant, yoten, geten
  - Scots: etin, etyn, eattin, yetin
  - English: etten, ettin, eaton
Old Saxon: *etun, *etinna
- Middle Low German: eteninne
Old Norse: jǫtunn
- Icelandic: jötunn
- Faroese: jøtun
- Norwegian: jotun
- Old Swedish: iætun, iætte
  - Swedish: jätte
    - → Finnish: jätti
- Westrobothnian: getu
- Old Danish: iætæn
  - Danish: jætte
- → English: jotun

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