Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ētą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 n

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

• Proto-West Germanic: *āt
  • Old English: ǣt
    • Middle English: æte, ate, ete; ates, etes (plural)
      • English: eat; eats (plural)
  • Old Frisian: ēt
    • North Frisian: ad, it
  • Old Saxon: āt
    • Middle Low German: ât
  • Old Dutch: āt
    • Middle Dutch: aet
      • Dutch: aat
  • Old High German: āz
    • Middle High German: āz
      • German: Aas (merged with *ēsą)
• Old Norse: át
  • Icelandic: át
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: åt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: åt