Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ētą
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *etaną (“to eat”).
Pronunciation
Noun
*ētą m[1]
Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *ētą (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *ētą | *ētō | |
vocative | *ētą | *ētō | |
accusative | *ētą | *ētō | |
genitive | *ētas, *ētis | *ētǫ̂ | |
dative | *ētai | *ētamaz | |
instrumental | *ētō | *ētamiz |
Descendants
- Old English: ǣt
- Middle English: ēt
- Old Frisian: ēt
- North Frisian: ad
- Old Saxon: āt
- Middle Low German: āt
- Old Dutch: āt
- Old High German: āz
- Old Norse: át
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ētan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 88