Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA giant. · A giant with two heads.
From Middle English eten, etend, from Old English eoten (“giant, monster, enemy”), from Proto-West Germanic *etun, from Proto-Germanic *etunaz (“giant, glutton”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”). Cognate with Icelandic jötunn (“giant”), Swedish jätte (“giant”), Danish jætte (“giant”). Doublet of jotun.
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- Inherited-form mentionetenenm
- Inherited-form mentioneotenang · giant, monster, enemy
- Inherited-form mention*etungmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*etunazgem-pro · giant, glutton
- Derivation mention*h₁ed-ine-pro · to eat
- Cognate mentionjötunnis · giant
- Cognate mentionjättesv · giant
- Cognate mentionjætteda · giant
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