Where does “anglen” come from?

anglen (Middle English) comes from Middle Low German angelen, from Old Saxon *angulōn, from Proto-West Germanic *anglōn — to hook.

anglen (Middle English): to fish

Definitions

  1. to fish

Ancestry of “anglen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanangelen—
2Old Saxon*angulōn—
3Proto-West Germanic*anglōnto hook

Words derived from “anglen”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *anglōn →Every word from Old Saxon *angulōn →Every word from Middle Low German angelen →