Where does “virgater” come from?

virgater (English) comes from English virgate, from Latin virgatus, from Latin virga, from Proto-Italic wizgā, from Proto-Indo-European wisgeh₂ — flexible rod or stick.

virgater (English): A person who owned or cultivated a virgate of agricultural land

Definitions

  1. A person who owned or cultivated a virgate of agricultural land

Ancestry of “virgater”, step by step

virgater traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English virgate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvirgateThe yardland: an obsolete English land measure...
2Latinvirgatusmade of twigs; striped
3Latinvirgatwig, young shoot; rod, switch for flogging;...
4Proto-Italicwizgā
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwisgeh₂flexible rod or stick

via English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wisgeh₂