Where does “jegen” come from?

jegen (Middle Dutch) comes from Hungarian jég, from Proto-Uralic jäŋe — ice.

jegen (Middle Dutch): opposite; towards; up to against

Definitions

  1. opposite; towards; up to against

Ancestry of “jegen”, step by step

jegen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian jég

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianjégice
2Proto-Uralicjäŋeice

via Old Dutch gegin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchgegin—
2Proto-Germanicgagintowards, in the direction of; against

Words derived from “jegen”

Every word from Proto-Uralic jäŋe →Every word from Hungarian jég →