Where does “ôge” come from?

ôge (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch ōga, from Proto-West Germanic augā, from Proto-Germanic augô, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.

ôge (Middle Dutch): eye

Definitions

  1. eye

Ancestry of “ôge”, step by step

ôge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch ōga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchōgaeye
2Proto-West Germanicaugāeye
3Proto-Germanicaugôeye
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye

via Old Saxon ōga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonōgaeye

Words derived from “ôge”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic augô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic augā →