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