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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

eje.

own

3 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈɑjə]
  1. own

  2. have

  3. possess

Where this word comes from

From Old Danish eghæ, from Old Norse eiga (“to own”), from Proto-Germanic *aiganą. Cognate of English owe and related to Danish egen and English own. Older Danish had present tense aa, past tense aatte and past participle aat, which are still used on rare occasions in higher poetry in the 19th century. These forms correspond to Old Norse á, átta, and átt.

noun[ˈɑjə]
  1. possession

    indeclinable · neuter
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse eiga, from Proto-Germanic *aigǭ (“property”). Derived from the verb.

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