Etymology Explorer › Danish

Where does “egn” come from?

egn (Danish) comes from Old Norse eign — property; possession; estate, landed property.

egn (Danish): area; part of the country; neighborhood

Definitions

  1. area; part of the country; neighborhood

Ancestry of “egn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseeignproperty; possession; estate, landed property
Every word from Old Norse eign →