Where does “peg” come from?

peg (Swedish) comes from English PEG, from Middle English pegge, from Middle Dutch pegge, from Old Saxon pigg-, from Proto-Germanic pig-, from Proto-Indo-European baḱ- — club, pointed stick, peg; pointed stick, peg.

peg (Swedish): a tee (peg on which the golf ball is placed)

Definitions

  1. a tee (peg on which the golf ball is placed)

Ancestry of “peg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPEGAcronym of polyethylene glycol; Percutaneous...
2Middle Englishpeggepeg
3Middle Dutchpeggepin, peg
4Old Saxonpigg-—
5Proto-Germanicpig-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbaḱ-club, pointed stick, peg; pointed stick, peg
Every word from Proto-Indo-European baḱ- →Every word from Old Saxon pigg- →Every word from Middle Dutch pegge →