eteninne
Middle Low German
/ˈɪɛtəˌnɪnːə/
noun
Definitions
- witch
- female devil or monster
- (pejorative) hag
Etymology
Suffix from Middle Low German *ēten derived from Proto-Germanic *etunaz (giant, glutton).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*etunaz
Gloss
giant, glutton
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ettin English
- jotun English
- jotuni Finnish
- ётун Russian
- *h₁ed- Proto-Indo-European
- *etunaz Proto-Germanic
- eoten Old English
- eten Middle English
- Jǫtunheimr Old Norse
- jǫtunn Old Norse
- jætte Danish
- jötunn Icelandic
- jøtun Faroese
- *ēten Middle Low German
- *iatul Old Swedish
- iætun Old Swedish
- getu Westrobothnian