Where does “egg” come from?
egg (Middle English) comes from Middle English egge, from Old English eċġ, from Proto-West Germanic aggju, from Proto-Germanic agjō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.
egg (Middle English): Alternative form of egge
Ancestry of “egg”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | egge | Alternative form of hegge; egg; An edge of a... |
| 2 | Old English | eċġ | edge |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | aggju | edge, corner |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | agjō | edge, corner |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |