Ecg

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Contents 1 Old English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.4 Related words 1.5 Descendents

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *agjō, from Proto-Indo-European *ak-yā-, ultimately *ak- ‘sharp, pointed’. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian egg, Old Saxon eggia (Dutch egge), Old High German egga (German Ecke), Old Norse egg (Swedish egg). The IE root is also the source of Latin acies ‘edge, sharpness’, Greek ἀκίς ‘point’.

Pronunciation

IPA: /eʤ/

Noun

ecg f (pl ecga or ecge)

1. the edge of a cutting tool or weapon

Related words

• brunecg
• ecgan
• ecgbryht
• heardecg

Descendents

Middle English egge, modern English edge.