Where does “vag” come from?

vag (Livonian) comes from Icelandic vaki, from Arabic وَاقِع, from Arabic النَّسْر الوَاقِع — falling eagle.

vag (Livonian): furrow

Definitions

  1. furrow

Ancestry of “vag”, step by step

vag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic vaki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicvakihormone
2Arabicوَاقِعhappening, occurring; falling
3Arabicالنَّسْر الوَاقِعfalling eagle

via Proto-Finnic vako

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicvakofurrow
Every word from Arabic النَّسْر الوَاقِع →Every word from Arabic وَاقِع →Every word from Icelandic vaki →