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Where does “æja” come from?

æja (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic ahjaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.

æja (Old Norse): to rest and eat; to rest and feed

Definitions

  1. to rest and eat; to rest and feed

Ancestry of “æja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicahjanąto think
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye

Words derived from “æja”

  • e-demokrati
  • e-handel
  • e-
  • e-förvaltning
  • e-post
  • ædru
  • edrú
  • æja
  • æ
  • e
  • ædru
  • edrugh
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