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
- to chase; to hunt; to drive away / off / out
Ancestry of “jage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Low German | jāgen | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | jagōn | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | jagōn | to hunt |