Where does “wegjagen” come from?

wegjagen (German) comes from Dutch jagen, from Middle Dutch jāgen, from Old Dutch jagon, from Proto-West Germanic jagōn — to hunt.

wegjagen (German): to chase away, to chase off, to drive away

Definitions

  1. to chase away, to chase off, to drive away

Ancestry of “wegjagen”, step by step

wegjagen traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch jagen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchjagento hunt; to tug; to move quickly
2Middle Dutchjāgento hunt, to chase, to pursue
3Old Dutchjagonto hunt
4Proto-West Germanicjagōnto hunt

via German jāgen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanjāgento hunt (game)
2Middle High Germanjagen—
3Old High Germanjagōnto hunt
4Proto-Germanic*jagōn—

via Dutch weg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwegway, road; away; gone, disappeared
2Middle Dutchwechway, road, path; journey; direction, approach
3Old Dutchwegway, path
Every word from Proto-West Germanic jagōn →Every word from Old Dutch jagon →Every word from Middle Dutch jāgen →