Where does “ôgen” come from?
ôgen (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic augijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
Ancestry of “ôgen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | augijaną | to show, display, cause to see |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 5 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “ôgen”