Where does “agae” come from?
agae (Scots) comes from Scots a, from Middle English A, from Middle English I, from Old English iċ, from Proto-West Germanic ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.
agae (Scots): to go
Definitions
- to go
Ancestry of “agae”, step by step
agae traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Scots a
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scots | a | a, an; Alternative form of a' |
| 2 | Middle English | A | — |
| 3 | Middle English | I | I (first-person singular subject pronoun) |
| 4 | Old English | iċ | I |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | ik | I |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *ek | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |
via Scots gae
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scots | gae | to go; simple past tense of gie |
| 2 | Middle English | goon | Alternative form of gon |
| 3 | Middle English | gon | to go; past participle of gon; Alternative form... |
| 4 | Old English | gān | to go |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | gān | to go |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gāną | to go, walk |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰengʰ- | to walk; to step |