Where does “begge” come from?

begge (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse beggja, from Proto-Germanic bajjǫ̂, from Proto-Germanic bai, from Proto-Indo-European bʰoh₁ — both.

begge (Norwegian Bokmål): both

Definitions

  1. both

Ancestry of “begge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebeggjagenitive of báðir
2Proto-Germanicbajjǫ̂—
3Proto-Germanicbaiboth
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰoh₁both
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰoh₁ →Every word from Proto-Germanic bai →Every word from Proto-Germanic bajjǫ̂ →