Where does “אויג” come from?

אויג (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German ouge, from Old High German ouga, from Proto-West Germanic augā, from Proto-Germanic augô, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.

אויג (Yiddish): eye

Definitions

  1. eye

Ancestry of “אויג”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanougeeye
2Old High Germanougaeye
3Proto-West Germanicaugāeye
4Proto-Germanicaugôeye
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye

Words derived from “אויג”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic augô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic augā →