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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ētą

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”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈeː.tɑ̃/

Noun

*ētą m [1]

  1. the act of eating
  2. food

Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *ētą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *ētą *ētō
vocative *ētą *ētō
accusative *ētą *ētō
genitive *ētas, *ētis *ētǫ̂
dative *ētai *ētamaz
instrumental *ētō *ētamiz

Descendants
  • Old English: ǣt
  • Old Frisian: ēt
  • Old Saxon: āt
  • Old High German: āz
  • Old Norse: át

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*ētan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 88
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