Where does “yȝe” come from?

yȝe (Middle English) comes from Old English ēage, from Proto-West Germanic augā, from Proto-Germanic augô, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.

yȝe (Middle English): Alternative form of eie

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of eie

Ancestry of “yȝe”, step by step

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

Words derived from “yȝe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- →