Where does “jeger” come from?

jeger (Middle Low German) comes from Middle Low German jāgen, from Old Saxon jagōn, from Proto-West Germanic jagōn — to hunt.

Ancestry of “jeger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanjāgento hunt, to chase
2Old Saxonjagōnto hunt
3Proto-West Germanicjagōnto hunt

Words derived from “jeger”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic jagōn →Every word from Old Saxon jagōn →Every word from Middle Low German jāgen →