Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *ētǭ (food). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (to eat).

Noun

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áta f (genitive átu)

  1. eating
  2. food, meet

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Norwegian Nynorsk: åte f or n
  • Norwegian Bokmål: åte m or f or n

References

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  • áta in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.