Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *fōdijanąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_fōdijaną
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πατέομαιto eat*peh₂-protect, guard, graze, feed
verbWeak class 1to feedto give birthOrel suggests it's derived from *fōdô (‘food’) + *-janą. Kroonen assumes it is a causative verb derived from a lost strong verb *faþaną, from pre-Germanic *ph₂t- a zero-grade present form of Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (‘protect, guard, graze, feed’) extended with *-t-. Compare Ancient Greek πατέομαι (patéomai, ‘to eat’).