Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/etan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *etaną.

Verb

*etan

to eat
Synonym: *mōsijan

Inflection

Strong class 5
Infinitive	etan
1st sg. past	āt
3rd pl. past	ātun
Past ptcple	etan
Infinitive	etan
Genitive infin.	etannjas
Dative infin.	etannjē
Instrum. infin.	etannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	etu	āt
2nd singular	itiʀi	ātī
3rd singular	itidi	āt
1st plural	etum	ātum
2nd plural	itid	ātud
3rd plural	etand	ātun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	etē	ātī
2nd singular	etēs	ātī
3rd singular	etē	ātī
1st plural	etēm	ātīm
2nd plural	etēþ	ātīd
3rd plural	etēn	ātīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	et
Plural	itid
	Present	Past
Participle	etandī	etan

Derived terms

*etul

Descendants

Old English: etan, eata; eotan; ætan
- Middle English: eten, eete, eeten, ete, etin, ethe, ette; æten, etenn
  - English: eat
  - Scots: ait, aet, eat, eit, ete
  - Yola: at, ayth, eight
Old Frisian: ita, eta
- North Frisian:
  Föhr-Amrum: iidj
  Mooring: ääse
- Saterland Frisian: iete, íete
- 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; eaße
    Hunsrik: esse
  - German: essen
  - Luxembourgish: iessen
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: esse
  - Vilamovian: aosa
  - Yiddish: עסן (esn)

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