æg
Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).
Noun
æg n (singular definite ægget, plural indefinite æg)
Inflection
Declension of æg
Etymology 2
From Old Norse egg (“edge”), from Proto-Germanic *agjō (“edge”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).
Noun
æg c (singular definite æggen, plural indefinite ægge)
Declension
Declension of æg
Old English
Etymology
From West Germanic *aij (shifted into the z-stems, plural *aijiru), from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm. Cognate with Old Saxon ei, Old High German ei, Old Norse egg.
Pronunciation
Noun
ǣġ n (nominative plural ǣġru)
Declension
Declension of ǣġ (strong z-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *ajją.
Noun
æg n
Declension
Declension of æg (strong ja-stem)
Descendants
- Swedish: ägg
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