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Where does “beggja” come from?

beggja (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic bajjǫ̂, from Proto-Germanic bai, from Proto-Indo-European bʰoh₁.

beggja (Old Norse): genitive of báðir

Definitions

  1. genitive of báðir

Ancestry of “beggja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbajjǫ̂—
2Proto-Germanicbaiboth
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰoh₁—

Words derived from “beggja”

  • bägge
  • begge
  • begge
  • begge
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰoh₁ →