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

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of egge

Ancestry of “egg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglisheggeAlternative form of hegge; egg; An edge of a...
2Old Englisheċġedge
3Proto-West Germanicaggjuedge, corner
4Proto-Germanicagjōedge, corner
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic agjō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic aggju →