An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Jagd

by Friedrich Kluge

Jagd, feminine, ‘chase, hunt, hunting-party,’ from the equivalent Middle High German jaget, neuter (and feminine), Old High German *jagot, neuter; a verbal abstract of jagen, ‘to hunt, chase’ (from the equivalent Middle High German jagen, Old High German jagôn, weak verb), which does not occur in Gothic, Old Icelandic, Anglo-Saxon, or Old Saxon. The connection of this specifically German word with Greek διώκω is dubious, and so too its kinship with Greek ἀξηχής, ‘unceasing,’ and Sanscrit yahú, ‘restless.’ —