Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fraetan

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fraetaną. Equivalent to *fra- +‎ *etan (“to eat”).

Verb

*fraetan

to devour, eat up, consume

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Old English: fretan
- Middle English: freten
  - Scots: frete, freet
  - English: fret
Old Frisian: freta
- Saterland Frisian: freete
- West Frisian: frette
Old Saxon: fretan
- Middle Low German: vrēten
  - German Low German: freten, friätten
  - → Swedish: fräta
- → Middle Dutch: vrēten
  - Dutch: vreten, fretten
    - Afrikaans: vreet
  - Limburgish: vraete, veraete
Old High German: frezzan, firezzan
- Middle High German: vrezzen
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: brèssan, vrèzzan
  - German: fressen
    - → English: fress (or from Yiddish)
  - Luxembourgish: friessen
  - Yiddish: פֿרעסן‎ (fresn)
    - → English: fress (or from German)

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