Where does “åg” come from?

åg (Danish) comes from Old Norse ok, from Old Norse svá, from Proto-Germanic swa, from Proto-Germanic swē, from Proto-Indo-European swē — self (reflexive pronoun).

åg (Danish): yoke

Definitions

  1. yoke

Ancestry of “åg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseokand; also, too; yoke
2Old Norsesváso
3Proto-Germanicswaso, thus, in this manner
4Proto-Germanicswēlike, similar to; just like, in the same manner...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswēself (reflexive pronoun)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swē →Every word from Proto-Germanic swē →Every word from Proto-Germanic swa →