Etymology

chag

C3H4A1G2

Today it means: A branch of a tree; a branch of broom or gorse. Full definition →

Middle English *chagge ← Old English ċeacga ← Proto-West Germanic *kagō
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chag · noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*kagô“bush”
  2. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*kagō“brushwood, bush”
  3. Old English · inherited fromċeacga
  4. Middle English · inherited from*chagge
  5. English todaychag

From Middle English *chagge, from Old English ċeacga, ċeagga (“broom (plant), furze, or gorse”), diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *kagō (“brushwood, bush”), from Proto-Germanic *kagô (“bush”). Cognate with Bavarian Kag (“the stalk or stem of a cabbage”), dialectal Swedish kage (“treestump”), Norwegian Nynorsk kage, kagge (“low lying bush, small tree”). Doublet of cag and keg.

chag · noun2

  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromחַג
  2. English todaychag

From Hebrew חַג (khag).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*kagô all →

cagkeg

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