Where does “egast” come from?

egast (Yola) comes from Middle English agasten, from Middle English a-, from Old English ā-, from Old English ar-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss-, from Proto-Indo-European uds- — out, outward.

egast (Yola): to fear

Definitions

  1. to fear

Ancestry of “egast”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishagastento terrify
2Middle Englisha-up, out, away; of; on, in
3Old Englishā-a-; away, out
4Old Englishar-—
5Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
6Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
7Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
9Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uds- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uss- →
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