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Where does “eyne” come from?

eyne (English) comes from Old English ēagan, from Proto-West Germanic augōn, from Proto-Germanic augōnō.

eyne (English): plural of eye

Definitions

  1. plural of eye

Ancestry of “eyne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishēagan—
2Proto-West Germanicaugōn—
3Proto-Germanicaugōnō—
Every word from Proto-Germanic augōnō →