Where does “bágur” come from?

bágur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse bágr, from Proto-Germanic bēgaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁ǵʰ-.

bágur (Icelandic): difficult, bad

Definitions

  1. difficult, bad

Ancestry of “bágur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebágr—
2Proto-Germanicbēgazdifficult, bad
3Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₁ǵʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁ǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bēgaz →Every word from Old Norse bágr →