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Bag

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means a flexible container used for carrying or holding things
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Stage 1 of 2
baggi
Old Norse · medieval
"a bag, sack"
a container made of flexible material for carrying things
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Stage 2 of 2
bag
English · 1200s
"a flexible container for carrying things"
settled as the standard English word for a flexible carrying container
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