Proto-Germanic: *ɵáxēn- vb., *ɵagján-, *ɵagḗn- vb., *ɵigján- vb.
Meaning: keep silent
Gothic: *ɵahan `keep secret; be silent'
Old Norse: ɵegja wk `schweigen'; ɵegna `verstummen', ɵagall `schweigsam'
Norwegian: tegja vb.
Swedish: tiga vb.
Danish: tie vb.
Old Saxon: thagon, thagian
Old High German: thagēn wk. `be silent', gi-thagēn `grow silent'
Middle High German: dagen wk. 'schweigen; mit dp. ruhig zuhören; verschweigen'
