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Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse egg n (“egg”), from Proto-Germanic *ajją, cognate with Norwegian egg, Swedish ägg, German Ei (English egg is a loan from Old Norse). The Germanic noun derives from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”), cf Latin ōvum, Ancient Greek ᾠόν (ōión), and Polish jajo.
Pronunciation
Noun
æg n (singular definite ægget, plural indefinite æg)
- egg
Usage notes
When used as the first part of a compound, an -e interfix may be inserted. This is usually optional, e.g. æggeleder/ægleder, æggebakke/ægbakke, æggeskal/ægskal. One form may be more common at a given time.
Declension
References
“æg,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2
From Old Norse egg f (“edge”), from Proto-Germanic *agjō, cognate with English edge and German Ecke (“corner”).
Pronunciation
Noun
æg c (singular definite æggen, plural indefinite ægge)
- edge of a blade
Declension
References
“æg,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
æg
- imperative of ægge
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronoun
æg (accusative mæg, genitive masculine min, genitive feminine mi, genitive neuter mett)
- (dialectal, parts of Trøndelag) Alternative form of eg (“first-person singular personal pronoun”)
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.
Pronunciation
Noun
ǣġ n (nominative plural ǣġru)
- egg
Declension
Declension of ǣġ (strong z-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *ajją.
Noun
æg n
- egg
Declension
Declension of æg (strong ja-stem)
Descendants