Reconstruction talk:Proto-Germanic/ajją
Latest comment: 9 years ago by K1234567890y in topic Old Saxon?
Old Saxon? edit
It is said one word for "egg" in Old Saxon and Middle Low German was egg, but does anyone have any evidence to prove that? was it a Norse or Anglic borrowing?--(Neptune Purple Heart) 22:38, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
- The Deutsches Wörterbuch gives also Old High German agi (sic!), alongside normal ei, plural eigir. The form eig- wouldn't surprise me. The -g-, if irregular (I don't know), could simply be a gliding sound. I can't find egg, though. It's probably wrong.