Where does “arg” come from?
arg (Middle English) comes from Middle English argh, from Old English earg, from Proto-West Germanic arg, from Proto-Germanic argaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ergʰ- — to go, move; to mount; to move, go.
arg (Middle English): Alternative form of argh
Ancestry of “arg”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | argh | afraid, scared, courageless; scared, fearful,... |
| 2 | Old English | earg | cowardly; a coward |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | arg | cowardly |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | argaz | unmanly, cowardly, unworthy, indecent |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ergʰ- | to go, move; to mount; to move, go |