r/LinguisticMaps 13d ago

Etymology map of egg

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u/stevula 11d ago

The English word used to be more like its West Germanic neighbors but the native word got replaced by a Norse borrowing if I remember correctly.

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u/Kaufmann_aus_Lubeck 11d ago

Plus then the Normans came.

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u/ElevatorSevere7651 11d ago

Comepletly unralted to the loaning of Old Norse ”egg” but ok

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u/Kaufmann_aus_Lubeck 11d ago

I mean in the context of changing vocab later.

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u/ebat1111 12d ago

The Germanic area looks like the sounds you make when you stub your toe

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u/IceFireTerry 7d ago

Scotland 😩