Where does “hargneux” come from?
hargneux (Middle French) comes from Old French hergnos, from Old French hergne, from Old French hergner, from Frankish harmēn, from Proto-Germanic harmāną, from Proto-Germanic -āną, from Proto-Germanic -ajaną, from Proto-Indo-European -oyéti — he, she.
Ancestry of “hargneux”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | hergnos | aggressive |
| 2 | Old French | hergne | quarrel, dispute |
| 3 | Old French | hergner | to wail, complain |
| 4 | Frankish | harmēn | to insult, injure; to harm, to injure |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | harmāną | to harm, injure, pain; to shame |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -āną | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives, later... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ajaną | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “hargneux”