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Where does “ēagan” come from?
ēagan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic augōn, from Proto-Germanic augōnō.
Ancestry of “ēagan”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-West Germanic
augōn
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2
Proto-Germanic
augōnō
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Words derived from “ēagan”
eyne
eyen
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