Where does “jagte” come from?

jagte (Danish) comes from Middle Low German jachteren, from Middle Low German jacht, from Old Dutch jagot, from Proto-West Germanic jagōþu, from Proto-West Germanic -ōþu, from Proto-Germanic -ōþuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

jagte (Danish): to chase, hunt

Definitions

  1. to chase, hunt

Ancestry of “jagte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanjachterento hunt, to chase
2Middle Low Germanjachta hunt; a chase, a pursuit; a fast ship
3Old Dutchjagot
4Proto-West Germanicjagōþuhunt, hunting; chase, pursuit
5Proto-West Germanic-ōþu
6Proto-Germanic-ōþuzForms nouns from weak class 2 verbs, possibly...
7Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Proto-Germanic -þuzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic -ōþu
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