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Where does “flargh” come from?

flargh (English) comes from English argh, from Middle English argh, from Old English earg, from Proto-West Germanic arg, from Proto-Germanic argaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ergʰ- — to go, move; to mount; to move, go.

Ancestry of “flargh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englisharghtimid; cowardly
2Middle Englisharghafraid, scared, courageless; scared, fearful,...
3Old Englisheargcowardly; a coward
4Proto-West Germanicargcowardly
5Proto-Germanicargazunmanly, cowardly, unworthy, indecent
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ergʰ-to go, move; to mount; to move, go
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