Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ētą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *etaną (“to eat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.tɑ̃/

Noun

*ētą m

1. the act of eating
2. food

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *ētą (neuter a-stem)
	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
  • Middle High German: āz
    • German: Aas (merged with *ēsą)
• Old Norse: át