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Where does “*ēgweʀ” come from?
*ēgweʀ (Proto-Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic *āhwijaz — sea, water.
Ancestry of “*ēgweʀ”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
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Proto-Germanic
*āhwijaz
sea, water
Words derived from “*ēgweʀ”
acker
eagre
ægir
Ægir
Ægir
Ægir
Æge
eagreness
Every word from Proto-Germanic *āhwijaz →