beag

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰewgʰ-“to bend”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*baugaz
3. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*baug
4. Old English · learned borrowing frombēag“circular jewelry worn on the body: ring, armlet, crown, collar”
5. English todaybeag

Learned borrowing from Old English bēag (“circular jewelry worn on the body: ring, armlet, crown, collar”), from Proto-West Germanic *baug, from Proto-Germanic *baugaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (“to bend”). Cognate with dialectal German Baug (“ring, collar”), Icelandic baugur (“ring, circle”). Doublet of bee (“ring”) and bagel.

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