Etymology Explorer
› Estonian
Where does “Egle” come from?
Egle (Estonian) comes from Lithuanian eglė, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *edlis.
Ancestry of “Egle”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Lithuanian
eglė
spruce
2
Proto-Balto-Slavic
*edlis
—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *edlis →
Every word from Lithuanian eglė →