Where does “jagår” come from?

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

jagår (Polabian): hunter

Definitions

  1. hunter

Ancestry of “jagår”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanjeger—
2Middle Low Germanjāgento hunt, to chase
3Old Saxonjagōnto hunt
4Proto-West Germanicjagōnto hunt
Every word from Proto-West Germanic jagōn →Every word from Old Saxon jagōn →Every word from Middle Low German jāgen →