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English

Yeager

Yeager comes from German Jäger ‘hunter’, from jagen ‘to hunt (game)’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *jakkōną.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*jakkōną‘to hunt’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*jagōn‘to hunt’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050jagōn‘to hunt’
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350jagen
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentsame form‘to hunt (game)’
  6. German, derivedc. 1650–presentJäger‘hunter’
  7. EnglishtodayYeager

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*jakkōną‘to hunt’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*jagōn‘to hunt’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050jagōn‘to hunt’
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350jagen
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentsame form‘to hunt (game)’
  6. German, derivedc. 1650–presentJäger‘hunter’
  7. EnglishtodayYeager

Linked words

through German Jäger ‘hunter’

jaeger, yager

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *jakkōną / Yeager

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