Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/etunaz

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.tu.nɑz/

Noun

*etunaz m

1. an eater
2. 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

• *risiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *etun
  • Old English: eoten, eten
    • Middle English: eten, eotend, eatant, yoten, geten
      • English: etten, ettin, eaton
      • Scots: etin, etyn, eattin, yetin
  • Old Saxon: *etun, *etinna
    • Middle Low German: eteninne
• Old Norse: jǫtunn
  • Icelandic: jötunn
  • Faroese: jøtun
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jøtul, jutul
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jutul
  • Old Swedish: iætun, iætte
    • Swedish: jätte
      • → Finnish: jätti
    • → Finnish: jatuli
  • Old Danish: iætæn
    • Danish: jætte
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: jotun, jøtun (artificially revived)
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: jotun (artificially revived)
  • → English: jotun
  • → Finnish: jotuni
• →? Proto-Finnic: *etana (see there for further descendants)