Where does “egesian” come from?
egesian (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic agisōn, from Germanic *agaz.
egesian (Old English): to terrify
Ancestry of “egesian”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | agisōn | to frighten, to terrify |
| 2 | Germanic | *agaz | — |