eat

*ed- (Proto-Indo-European)

*h₁édti (Proto-Indo-European)

To eat.

*etaną (Proto-Germanic)

To eat.

*etunaz (Proto-Germanic)

A giant. An overeater, glutton.

etan (Old English)

To eat.

eoten (Old English)

Giant, monster.

etend (Middle English)

eat (English)

(ambitransitive) To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.. (ambitransitive) To corrode or erode.. (intransitive, ergative) To be eaten.. (transitive) To destroy, consume, or use up.. (transitive, business) To take the loss in a transaction.. (transitive, informal) To cause (someone) to worry.. (transitive, informal, of a device) [...]