Where does “ager” come from?
ager (Scanian) comes from Old Norse ákr, from Proto-Germanic akraz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵros — field, pasturage.
ager (Scanian): a field
Ancestry of “ager”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | ákr | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | akraz | field, open land |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵros | field, pasturage |