Comparative evidence

h₁ed

• Arm. owtem va.  'eat'; fig.  'run through',  'squander',  'eat up',  'waste',  'consume';  'eat away' or 'up',  'corrode';  'fret';  'consume',  'devour' (Bedrossian 1879: 579)

References

Bedrossian 1879 = Bedrossian, M.M. 1879. New Dictionary Armenian - English. Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy.