Noun: egg
Gender: Neuter, Masculine, Feminine
Hyphenation:
Definite
| Sg. | egget; egga; eggen |
| Pl. | egga; eggene |
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Etymology
1. From Old Norse egg n (“egg”), from Proto-Germanic *ajją (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”), likely from *h₂éwis (“bird”), possibly from *h₂ew- (“to enjoy, consume”).
2. Cognate with English egg (“egg”), Icelandic egg (“egg”), Faroese egg (“egg”), Swedish ägg (“egg”), Danish æg (“egg”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
egg', English Nouns '
egg', Icelandic Nouns '
egg', Faroese Nouns '
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ägg', Danish Nouns '
æg'.
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