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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | jāgen | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | jagōn | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | jagōn | to hunt |
Words derived from “jeger”