Where does “meg” come from?

meg (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse mik, from Proto-Germanic mek, from Proto-Indo-European mé — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.

meg (Norwegian Nynorsk): objective case of eg: me

Definitions

  1. objective case of eg: me

Ancestry of “meg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemikme
2Proto-Germanicmekme; accusative of *ek
3Proto-Indo-Europeanin the middle of, near, by, around, with

Words derived from “meg

Every word from Proto-Indo-European Every word from Proto-Germanic mekEvery word from Old Norse mik
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