Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/etan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *etaną.

Verb

*etan

to eat

Inflection

*itidi, *āt, *ātun, *etan

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Old English: etan, eotan, eata
- Middle English: eten, æten, etenn, eeten
  - English: eat
  - Scots: aet, eat, eit, ete
Old Frisian: ita, eta
- North Frisian:
  Föhr-Amrum: iidj
  Mooring: ääse
- Saterland Frisian: iete
- West Frisian: ite
Old Saxon: etan
- Middle Low German: ēten
  - Low German: eten
Old Dutch: etan
- Middle Dutch: ēten
  - Dutch: eten
    - Afrikaans: eet
  - Limburgish: aete
Old High German: ezzan
- Middle High German: ëzzen, eszen
  - Alemannic German: ässe
    Walser: essen, ässä, asse, assu
  - Bavarian: eisn, essn, èssn
    Cimbrian: èzzan, èssan, ezzan
    Mòcheno: èssn
  - Central Franconian: äße, esse
    Hunsrik: esse
  - German: essen
  - Luxembourgish: iessen
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: esse
  - Vilamovian: aosa
  - Yiddish: עסן‎ (esn)