ezzan

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *etan, akin to Old Saxon, Old Dutch, and Old English etan, Old Frisian ita, Old Norse eta, Gothic 𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (itan).

Verb

ëȥȥan

1. to eat

Conjugation

Conjugation of ëȥȥan (strong class 5)

infinitive	ëȥȥan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	iȥȥu, iȥȥo	āȥ
2nd person singular	iȥȥis, iȥȥist	āȥi
3rd person singular	iȥȥit	āȥ
1st person plural	ëȥȥem, ëȥȥemēs	āȥum, āȥumēs
2nd person plural	ëȥȥet	āȥut
3rd person plural	ëȥȥant	āȥun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	ëȥȥe	āȥi
2nd person singular	ëȥȥēs, ëȥȥēst	āȥīs, āȥīst
3rd person singular	ëȥȥe	āȥi
1st person plural	ëȥȥēm, ëȥȥemēs	āȥīm, āȥīmēs
2nd person plural	ëȥȥēt	āȥīt
3rd person plural	ëȥȥēn	āȥīn
imperative	present
singular	iȥ
plural	ëȥȥet
participle	present	past
	ëȥȥanti	gëȥȥan

Descendants

• Middle High German: ëȥȥen
  • Alemannic German: ässe

    Walser: essen, ässä, asse, assu

  • Bavarian: eisn, essn, èssn

    Cimbrian: èzzan, èssan, ezzan

    Mòcheno: èssn

  • Central Franconian: äße, esse (Kölsch, northernmost Ripuarian), eaße (parts of Moselle Franconian)

    Hunsrik: esse

  • German: essen
  • Luxembourgish: iessen
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: esse

  • Vilamovian: aosa
  • Yiddish: עסן (esn)