nauger

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Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old English nafugār, from Proto-West Germanic *nabugaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *nabōgaizaz; equivalent to nave (“hub of a wheel”) +‎ gor (“spear”).

Cognate with Old Saxon navugēr, Old High German nabagēr, Old Norse nafarr. Forms without initial n- are due to reanalysis of a nauger as an auger.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nauger (plural naugers)

  1. auger (carpenter's tool)[2]

Descendants[edit]

  • English: auger

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jordan, Richard (1974)  Eugene Crook, transl., Handbook of the Middle English Grammar: Phonology (Janua Linguarum; 214)‎[1], The Hague: Mouton & Co. N.V., →DOI, § 171, page 161.
  2. ^ “nauger, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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