Etymology

eddy

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Today it means: A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current. Full definition →

Middle English eddy ← Old English edēa ← Proto-West Germanic *ahu
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eddy · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*éti
  2. Proto-Germanic*idi-
  3. Proto-West Germanic*id-
  4. Old Englished-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ékʷeh₂
  6. Proto-Germanic*ahwō
  7. Proto-West Germanic*ahu
  8. Old Englishēa
  9. Old Englishedēa
  10. Middle Englisheddy
  11. English todayeddy

From Middle English eddy, from Old English edēa, from ed- (“turning, back, reverse”) + ēa (“water”), equivalent to ed- + ea. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁é, and, consequently, cognate with Latin et. Related also to Danish ide (“eddy”), Swedish eda (“eddy”), Norwegian ida, ia, ea (“eddy”), Icelandic iða (“eddy”).

eddy · noun2

Clipping of edible.

Eddy · proper noun3

Diminutives + -y.

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