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Where does “pag-” come from?

pag- (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European bak- — peg, club.

pag- (Proto-Germanic): peg, stake

Definitions

  1. peg, stake

Ancestry of “pag-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanbak-peg, club

Words derived from “pag-”

  • pigg-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bak- →