Where does “jaga” come from?
jaga (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse jaga, from Middle Low German jāgen, from Old Saxon jagōn, from Proto-West Germanic jagōn — to hunt.
jaga (Norwegian Nynorsk): to hunt, chase
Ancestry of “jaga”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | jaga | — |
| 2 | Middle Low German | jāgen | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | jagōn | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | jagōn | to hunt |