nauger
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English nafugār, from Proto-West Germanic *nabugaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *nabōgaizaz; equivalent to nave (“hub of a wheel”) + gor (“spear”).
Cognate with Old Saxon navugēr, Old High German nabagēr, Old Norse nafarr. Forms without initial n- are due to reanalysis of a nauger as an auger.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nauger (plural naugers)
Descendants
[edit]- English: auger
References
[edit]- ^ Jordan, Richard (1974) Eugene Crook, transl., Handbook of the Middle English Grammar: Phonology (Janua Linguarum; 214)[1], The Hague: Mouton & Co. N.V., , § 171, page 161.
- ^ “nauger, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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