cag

cag · noun¹

1. Middle English · inherited fromkag
2. English todaycag

From Middle English kag, of North Germanic origin, related to Old Norse kaggi, Swedish kagge.

cag · noun²

Shortening.

cag · noun³

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*kagô“bush, stump”
2. Old Norse · derived from*kagi
3. Middle English · inherited from*kagge
4. English todaycag

From English dialect, from Middle English *kagge, perhaps from Old Norse *kagi, *kaggi, from Proto-Germanic *kagô (“bush, stump”). Cognate with dialectal German Kag (“cabbage stalk, stump”), Swedish kage (“treestump”). Possibly from the same root as Old Norse kaggi (“barrel, cask, keg”). Doublet of chag.

cag · verb⁴

1. Old Norse · derived fromkǫgurr“quilt, blanket, bedcover, coffin cloth”
2. Middle English · inherited fromcaggen“to tie, bind”
3. English todaycag

Uncertain. Cognate with Scots kag, kagg (“to vex, grieve”). Perhaps from Middle English caggen (“to tie, bind”), possibly from or related to Old Norse kǫgurr (“quilt, blanket, bedcover, coffin cloth”). Alternatively, perhaps allied with Norwegian Nynorsk kjaka (“to wrangle, harass”).

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