Old English fretan

← Old English for (prefix)

← Old English etan (prefix)

← German fressen (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *fraetaną (inherited)

← Middle Low German vreten (cognate)

← Old High German frezzan (cognate)

← Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (cognate)

← Old Saxon fretan (cognate)

→ English fret (inherited)

→ English fretten (derived)

→ English fress (cognate)

→ Middle English freten (inherited)