Where does “angarach” come from?
angarach (Irish) comes from Irish angar, from Irish gáire, from Irish gáir, from Middle Irish gairid, from Old Irish gairid, from Old Irish gáir, from Proto-Celtic gāris, from Proto-Indo-European ǵeh₂r- — to shout, cry; exclamation; voice; to call, cry.
angarach (Irish): distressed, afflicted
Ancestry of “angarach”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Irish | angar | want, distress, affliction, austerity, privation |
| 2 | Irish | gáire | verbal noun of gáir; a laugh; genitive singular... |
| 3 | Irish | gáir | cry, shout; report; fame, notoriety; Alternative... |
| 4 | Middle Irish | gairid | — |
| 5 | Old Irish | gairid | to call |
| 6 | Old Irish | gáir | — |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | gāris | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵeh₂r- | to shout, cry; exclamation; voice; to call, cry |