Where does “ärgern” come from?

ärgern (German) comes from Middle High German argern, from Old High German argerōn, from Old High German arg, from Proto-West Germanic arg, from Proto-Germanic argaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ergʰ- — to go, move; to mount; to move, go.

ärgern (German): to annoy, to make angry; to be annoyed, to be...

Definitions

  1. to annoy, to make angry; to be annoyed, to be...

Ancestry of “ärgern”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanargernworsen
2Old High Germanargerōn—
3Old High Germanargbad, wicked, godless
4Proto-West Germanicargcowardly
5Proto-Germanicargazunmanly, cowardly, unworthy, indecent
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ergʰ-to go, move; to mount; to move, go

Words derived from “ärgern”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ergʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic argaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic arg →