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Where does “agastra” come from?

agastra (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic agastrijā, from Proto-West Germanic ag-ad- ~ ag-at-, from Proto-West Germanic agu, from Proto-Germanic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂oḱ-éh₂, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.

Ancestry of “agastra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicagastrijāmagpie
2Proto-West Germanicag-ad- ~ ag-at-—
3Proto-West Germanicagumagpie
4Proto-Germanicagō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂oḱ-éh₂—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- →