Where does “eng” come from?

eng (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse eng, from Proto-Germanic angijō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂énkos, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

eng (Norwegian Bokmål): a meadow

Definitions

  1. a meadow

Ancestry of “eng”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseengmeadow
2Proto-GermanicangijōA low lying meadow in a valley or near a river
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂énkoscurve, bend
4Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Words derived from “eng”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -os →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂énkos →Every word from Proto-Germanic angijō →