Where does “aigache” come from?

aigache (Champenois) comes from Old French agace, from Frankish agattjā, from Proto-West Germanic ag-ad- ~ ag-at-, from Proto-West Germanic agu, from Proto-Germanic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂oḱ-éh₂, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.

aigache (Champenois): Eurasian magpie, Pica pica

Definitions

  1. Eurasian magpie, Pica pica

Ancestry of “aigache”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchagacemagpie
2Frankishagattjāmagpie
3Proto-West Germanicag-ad- ~ ag-at-—
4Proto-West Germanicagumagpie
5Proto-Germanicagō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂oḱ-éh₂—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂oḱ-éh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic agō →