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Where does “egne” come from?

egne (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse eigna — to give something over.

egne (Norwegian Bokmål): inflection of egen: ## definite singular ##...

Definitions

  1. inflection of egen: ## definite singular ##...

Ancestry of “egne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseeignato give something over

Words derived from “egne”

  • uegnet
  • velegnet
  • egnet
Every word from Old Norse eigna →