Where does “jaga” come from?

jaga (Old Norse) comes from Middle Low German jāgen, from Old Saxon jagōn, from Proto-West Germanic jagōn — to hunt.

Ancestry of “jaga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanjāgento hunt, to chase
2Old Saxonjagōnto hunt
3Proto-West Germanicjagōnto hunt

Words derived from “jaga”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic jagōn →Every word from Old Saxon jagōn →Every word from Middle Low German jāgen →