*etaną
Runic: ᛖᛏᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈe.tɑ.nɑ̃/verb · Strong class 5
Meanings
to eat
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti ~*h₁dénti, from *h₁ed- (‘to eat’). Cognates include Proto-Celtic *essi, Proto-Hellenic *édō, Sanskrit अत्ति (átti) (átti), and Proto-Italic *edō, all meaning ‘to eat’.
Conjugation
Present active
| Person | Indicative | Subjunctive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st singular | etō | etaų | – |
| 2nd singular | itizi | etaiz | et |
| 3rd singular | itidi | etai | etadau |
| 1st dual | etōz | etaiw | – |
| 2nd dual | etadiz | etaidiz | etadiz |
| 1st plural | etamaz | etaim | – |
| 2nd plural | itid | etaid | itid |
| 3rd plural | etandi | etain | etandau |
Present passive
| Person | Indicative | Subjunctive |
|---|---|---|
| 1st singular | etai | – |
| 2nd singular | etazai | etaizau |
| 3rd singular | etadai | etaidau |
| 1st dual | – | – |
| 2nd dual | – | – |
| 1st plural | etandai | etaindau |
| 2nd plural | etandai | etaindau |
| 3rd plural | etandai | etaindau |
Past
| Person | Indicative | Subjunctive |
|---|---|---|
| 1st singular | ēt | ētį̄ |
| 2nd singular | ēst | ētīz |
| 3rd singular | ēt | ētī |
| 1st dual | ētū | ētīw |
| 2nd dual | ētudiz | ētīdiz |
| 1st plural | ētum | ētīm |
| 2nd plural | ētud | ētīd |
| 3rd plural | ētun | ētīn |
Non-finite Forms
| Infinitive | Present Participle | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|
| etaną | etandz | etanaz |
Descendants
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*etan (Proto-West Germanic)
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etan (Old Dutch)
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ēten (Middle Dutch)
- aete (Limburgish)
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ēten (Middle Dutch)
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etan (Old Dutch)
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*etan (Proto-West Germanic)
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etan (Old Dutch)
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ēten (Middle Dutch)
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eten (Dutch)
- eet (Afrikaans)
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eten (Dutch)
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ēten (Middle Dutch)
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etan (Old Dutch)
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*etan (Proto-West Germanic)
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etan, eata, eotan, ætan (Old English)
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eten, eete, eeten, ete, etin, ethe, ette, æten, etenn (Middle English)
- eat (English)
- ait, aet, eat, eit, ete (Scots)
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eten, eete, eeten, ete, etin, ethe, ette, æten, etenn (Middle English)
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etan, eata, eotan, ætan (Old English)
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*etan (Proto-West Germanic)
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ita, eta (Old Frisian)
- Saterland Frisian: iete, íete (North Frisian)
- ite (West Frisian)
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ita, eta (Old Frisian)
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*etan (Proto-West Germanic)
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ëȥȥan (Old High German)
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ëȥȥen (Middle High German)
- ässe (Alemannic German)
- eisn, essn, èssn (Bavarian)
- äße, esse, eaße (Central Franconian)
- essen (German)
- iessen (Luxembourgish)
- עסן (esn) (Yiddish)
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ëȥȥen (Middle High German)
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ëȥȥan (Old High German)
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*etan (Proto-West Germanic)
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etan (Old Saxon)
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ēten (Middle Low German)
- eten (Low German)
- äten (Plautdietsch)
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ēten (Middle Low German)
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etan (Old Saxon)
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eta (Old Norse)
- eta (Faroese)
- eta, éta (Icelandic)
- eta, ete, ita, åtå, øtå (Norwegian Nynorsk)
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eta (Old Norse)
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ætæ (Old Danish)
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æde (Danish)
- ete (Norwegian Bokmål)
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æde (Danish)
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ætæ (Old Danish)
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eta (Old Norse)
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æta (Old Swedish)
- äta (Swedish)
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æta (Old Swedish)
- 𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (itan) (Gothic)
- *ettana (Proto-Finnic)