Where does “plæghæ” come from?

plæghæ (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse plága, from Middle Low German plegen, from Old Saxon plegan, from Proto-West Germanic plehan — to stand up for; to be responsible for.

Ancestry of “plæghæ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseplága—
2Middle Low Germanplegen—
3Old Saxonpleganto procure
4Proto-West Germanicplehanto stand up for; to be responsible for

Words derived from “plæghæ”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic plehan →Every word from Old Saxon plegan →Every word from Middle Low German plegen →