Proto-West Germanic

*etan

‘to eat’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *etan.

4 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *etan, most familiar first.

• eat ← eten ← etan
• eating ← etynge ← eting ← etan
• eaten ← eten ← eten
• fretten ← freten ← freten ← fretan ← *fraetan

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *etan