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Where does “pegge” come from?

pegge (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Saxon pigg-, from Proto-Germanic pig-, from Proto-Indo-European baḱ- — club, pointed stick, peg; pointed stick, peg.

pegge (Middle Dutch): pin, peg

Definitions

  1. pin, peg

Ancestry of “pegge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonpigg-—
2Proto-Germanicpig-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbaḱ-club, pointed stick, peg; pointed stick, peg

Words derived from “pegge”

  • peg
  • pegging
  • pegboard
  • peghead
  • pegbox
  • footpeg
  • peglike
  • unpegged
  • pegger
  • clothespeg
  • unpeg
  • shoepeg
  • pegless
  • repeg
  • hatpeg
  • peggable
  • pegroots
  • peggee
  • mumblety peg
  • pegge
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