Where does “ægir” come from?

ægir (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Norse *ēgweʀ, from Proto-Germanic *āhwijaz — sea, water.

ægir (Old Norse): the sea, ocean, main

Definitions

  1. the sea, ocean, main

Ancestry of “ægir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Norse*ēgweʀ—
2Proto-Germanic*āhwijazsea, water

Words derived from “ægir”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *āhwijaz →Every word from Proto-Norse *ēgweʀ →