Where does “eggaldin” come from?

eggaldin (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic egg, from Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic agjō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.

eggaldin (Icelandic): eggplant, aubergine

Definitions

  1. eggplant, aubergine

Ancestry of “eggaldin”, step by step

eggaldin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic egg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandiceggan egg; an oval shaped object; the ovum
2Old Norseeggegg; edge
3Proto-Germanicagjōedge, corner
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp

via Icelandic aldin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicaldinfruit
2Old Norsealdinfruit of a tree
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic agjō →Every word from Old Norse egg →