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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].

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