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

Definitions

  1. to hunt, chase

Ancestry of “jaga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsejaga—
2Middle Low Germanjāgento hunt, to chase
3Old Saxonjagōnto hunt
4Proto-West Germanicjagōnto hunt
Every word from Proto-West Germanic jagōn →Every word from Old Saxon jagōn →Every word from Middle Low German jāgen →