English word origin

Etymology of chag

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗

noun

A branch of a tree; a branch of broom or gorse.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

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.

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Inherited-form mention*chaggeenm
Inherited-form mentionċeacgaang
Derivation mention*kagōgmw-pro · brushwood, bush
Derivation mention*kagôgem-pro · bush
Cognate mentionKagbar · the stalk or stem of a cabbage
Cognate mentionkagesv · treestump
Cognate mentionkagenn
Doublet mentioncagen
Doublet mentionkegen

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Source etymology 2

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noun

A Jewish festival or holiday, specifically, Passover, Shavuot, Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Hebrew חַג (khag).

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Borrowed-form mentionחַגhe

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