Where does “Æge” come from?

Æge (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse ægir, from Proto-Norse *ēgweʀ, from Proto-Germanic *āhwijaz — sea, water.

Æge (Norwegian Nynorsk): Ægir (king of the sea)

Definitions

  1. Ægir (king of the sea)

Ancestry of “Æge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseægirthe sea, ocean, main
2Proto-Norse*ēgweʀ—
3Proto-Germanic*āhwijazsea, water
Every word from Proto-Germanic *āhwijaz →Every word from Proto-Norse *ēgweʀ →Every word from Old Norse ægir →