ettin

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁ed-“to eat”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*etunaz“giant, glutton”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*etun
4. Old English · inherited fromeoten“giant, monster, enemy”
5. Middle English · inherited frometen
6. English todayettin

From Middle English eten, etend, from Old English eoten (“giant, monster, enemy”), from Proto-West Germanic *etun, from Proto-Germanic *etunaz (“giant, glutton”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”). Cognate with Icelandic jötunn (“giant”), Swedish jätte (“giant”), Danish jætte (“giant”). Doublet of jotun.

Words from the same roots