jætte
Danish
[ˈjɛd̥ə]
noun
Definitions
- giant, jotun Norse mythology
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse jǫtunn (jotun, giant) inherited from Proto-Germanic *etunaz (giant, glutton) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (eat, related to eating).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁ed-
Gloss
eat, related to eating
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- edible English
- esculent English
- ettin English
- jotun English
- jotuni Finnish
- comedo Latin
- comedō Latin
- edulis Latin
- esculentus Latin
- esurio Latin
- obedo Latin
- ēsca Latin
- ётун Russian
- εἶδαρ Ancient Greek
- κατέδω Ancient Greek
- ἐσθίω Ancient Greek
- ἔδω Ancient Greek
- ὀδύνη Ancient Greek
- *h₁ed- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ed-u- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁éd-tōr Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁édti Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂euw Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European
- *peyt- Proto-Indo-European
- *pro- Proto-Indo-European
- *atjaną Proto-Germanic
- *etaną Proto-Germanic
- *etulaz Proto-Germanic
- *etunaz Proto-Germanic
- *etǭ Proto-Germanic
- *fraetaną Proto-Germanic
- *uzētô Proto-Germanic
- *ēsaz Proto-Germanic
- *ētijaz Proto-Germanic
- *ētǭ Proto-Germanic
- eoten Old English
- eten Middle English
- Jǫtunheimr Old Norse
- etari Old Norse
- jǫtunn Old Norse
- át Old Norse
- ætni Old Norse
- *jasli Proto-Slavic
- *obědъ Proto-Slavic
- *ěďa Proto-Slavic
- فصفص Arabic
- jötunn Icelandic
- استینه Persian
- dat eten Middle Dutch
- āz Old High German
- jøtun Faroese
- 𐌰𐍆𐌴𐍄𐌾𐌰 Gothic
- *ed- Proto-Celtic
- *essi Proto-Celtic
- *āde Proto-Celtic
- eteninne Middle Low German
- *Had- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *iatul Old Swedish
- iætun Old Swedish
- getu Westrobothnian
- *edō Proto-Italic
- *eda Proto-Albanian
- *ēs-ti Proto-Balto-Slavic
- 𒀀𒁺𒈾 Luwian