Where does “egn” come from?

egn (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Danish egn, from Old Norse eign — property; possession; estate, landed property.

egn (Norwegian Bokmål): area, district, region, neighbourhood

Definitions

  1. area, district, region, neighbourhood

Ancestry of “egn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Danishegn—
2Old Norseeignproperty; possession; estate, landed property

Words derived from “egn”

Every word from Old Norse eign →Every word from Old Danish egn →