Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *matjanąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_matjaną
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verbWeak class 1to eat, to have one's mealTraditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *m̥h₂d-yéti ~ *m̥h₂d-yónti, from *meh₂d- (‘to be wet’). Equivalent to *matiz (‘food’) + *-janą; see *matiz for an alternative theory.