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English word ey comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (Egg.), Old English hēlā, Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂, Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ (Water.), Proto-Germanic *ajjan, Proto-Germanic *agwjō
*h₂ōwyóm (Proto-Indo-European)
Egg.
hēlā (Old English)
*h₂ekʷeh₂ (Proto-Indo-European)
*h₂ékʷeh₂ (Proto-Indo-European)
Water.
*ajjan (Proto-Germanic)
*agwjō (Proto-Germanic)
*ajją (Proto-Germanic)
Egg.
æg (Old English)
Egg.
ǣġ (Old English)
*ahwō (Proto-Germanic)
Stream, river. Water.
ieg (Old English)
Island.
ēa (Old English)
hei (Middle English)
ey (English)
(obsolete) An egg. [obsolete since the sixteenth century].