Etymology

shagged

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Today it means: Having or covered with shaggy hair. Full definition →

Old English sceacgede ← Proto-Germanic *skaggiją ← Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-
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shagged · adjective, verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)kek-
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*skaggiją“beard, stem”
  3. Old English · inherited fromsceacgede
  4. English todayshagged

From Old English sceacgede, from sceacga (“hair”), from Proto-Germanic *skaggiją (“beard, stem”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to jump, move, hurry”).

shagged · adjective2

Uncertain. Perhaps related to fagged or to shag. Originally Kentish dialect according to Wright.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*(s)kek- all →

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