Where does “saurugur” come from?

saurugur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse saurugr, from Old Norse -ugr, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

saurugur (Icelandic): dirty, filthy

Definitions

  1. dirty, filthy

Ancestry of “saurugur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesaurugrfilthy, dirty
2Old Norse-ugr-y
3Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
4Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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