English
sharp-edged
From sharp + edged.
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut’
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Proto-Germanic *skarpaz ‘sharp’
Proto-West Germanic *skarp ‘sharp’
Old English sċearp ‘sharp’
Middle English scharp ‘sharp’
English sharp
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- ‘sharp’
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Proto-West Germanic *aggju ‘edge, corner’
Old English eċġ ‘edge’
Old English eċġan ‘to sharpen’
Middle English egged ‘having an edge of a certain type’
English edged
Today it means
adj Of an object, having a sharp or fine edge.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “sharp-edged”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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