A-egg
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Etymology
A- + egg, in the first part, the letter "a" indicated that something was first or the best. Last part from Old Norse egg n (“egg”), from Proto-Germanic *ajją (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).
Pronunciation
Noun
A-egg n (definite singular A-egget, indefinite plural A-egg, definite plural A-egga or A-eggene)
References
- “A-egg” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
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