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ettin

noun
/ˈɛtɪn/

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from *h₁ed-✻ — “to eat”
  2. inherited from *etunaz✻ — “giant, glutton”
  3. inherited from *etun✻
  4. inherited from eoten — “giant, monster, enemy”
  5. inherited from eten

Definitions

  1. A giant.

  2. A giant with two heads.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ettin. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA