ettin
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English [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
From Middle English eten, etend, from Old English eoten (“giant, monster, enemy”), from Proto-Germanic *etunaz (“giant, glutton”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”). Cognate with Icelandic jötunn (“giant”), Swedish jätte (“giant”), Danish jætte (“giant”). Compare ent.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈɛtən/
Noun [edit]
ettin (plural ettins)
- (dialectal, archaic, fantasy) A giant.
- (role-playing games) A giant with two heads.
