fretan

Old Saxon

verb

Definitions

to devour, eat greatly

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *fraetaną (eat up, consume, devour).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*fraetaną

Gloss

eat up, consume, devour

Concept

Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*h₁ed- Proto-Indo-European
*fra- Proto-Germanic
*fraetaną Proto-Germanic
etan Old English
fretan Old English
freten Old English
freten Middle English
frēten Middle English
frezzan Old High German
𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
*fretan Old Dutch
vrāsen Middle Low German