Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To give (someone or something) food to eat. · To eat (usually of animals). · To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food. · To give to a machine to be processed.
From Middle English feden, from Old English fēdan (“to feed”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōdijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną (“to feed”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”). Cognate with West Frisian fiede (“to nourish, feed”), Dutch voeden (“to feed”), Danish føde (“to bring forth, feed”), Swedish föda (“to bring forth, feed”), Icelandic fæða (“to feed”), and more distantly with Latin pāscō (“feed, nourish”, verb) through Indo-European. More at food, fodder.
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- Root classification mention*peh₂-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionfedenenm
- Inherited-form mentionfēdanang
- Inherited-form mention*fōdijangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*fōdijanągem-pro
- Derivation mention*peh₂-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionfiedefy
- Cognate mentionvoedennl
- Cognate mentionfødeda
- Cognate mentionfödasv
- Cognate mentionfæðais
- Cognate mentionpāscōla
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