Where does “jage” come from?

jage (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Middle Low German jāgen, from Old Saxon jagōn, from Proto-West Germanic jagōn — to hunt.

jage (Norwegian Bokmål): to chase; to hunt; to drive away / off / out

Definitions

  1. to chase; to hunt; to drive away / off / out

Ancestry of “jage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanjāgento hunt, to chase
2Old Saxonjagōnto hunt
3Proto-West Germanicjagōnto hunt
Every word from Proto-West Germanic jagōn →Every word from Old Saxon jagōn →Every word from Middle Low German jāgen →
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