An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/ätzen
ätzen, verb, ‘to corrode, etch, bait,’ from Middle High German etzen, Old High German ezzen, ‘to give to eat,’ literally ‘to make eat’; factitive of essen.
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ätzen, verb, ‘to corrode, etch, bait,’ from Middle High German etzen, Old High German ezzen, ‘to give to eat,’ literally ‘to make eat’; factitive of essen.