Where does “ǣġru” come from?
ǣġru (Old English) comes from Old English ǣġ, from Proto-West Germanic aij, from English ice, from Middle English is, from Old English īs, from Proto-West Germanic īs, from Proto-Germanic īsą, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eyH- — ice, frost.
ǣġru (Old English): eggs
Ancestry of “ǣġru”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | ǣġ | egg |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | aij | egg |
| 3 | English | ice | Water in frozen form; Any frozen volatile... |
| 4 | Middle English | is | ice; That which is short-lived like ice; icy... |
| 5 | Old English | īs | ice |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | īs | ice |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | īsą | ice |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁eyH- | ice, frost |
Words derived from “ǣġru”