Where does “Oger” come from?

Oger (German) comes from French ogre, from Latin orcus, from Ancient Greek ὅρκος, from Proto-Indo-European serḱ- — to emend, make good, recompense.

Oger (German): ogre (in fairy tales, a brutish giant)

Definitions

  1. ogre (in fairy tales, a brutish giant)

Ancestry of “Oger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchogreogre
2Latinorcusunderworld; afterlife
3Ancient Greekὅρκοςthe object by which one swears, the witness of an...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanserḱ-to emend, make good, recompense
Every word from Proto-Indo-European serḱ- →Every word from Ancient Greek ὅρκος →Every word from Latin orcus →