jätte

Swedish

noun
Definitions
  • jotun; a mythical humanoid creature, originally human-sized but later associated with great size
  • giant

Etymology

Derived from Old Swedish iætun derived from Old Norse jǫtunn (jotun, giant) derived 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

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