Where does “hreowig” come from?

hreowig (Old English) comes from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

hreowig (Old English): sorrowful

Definitions

  1. sorrowful

Ancestry of “hreowig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English-iġ-y, -ic
2Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
3Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
4Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Old English -iġ →Every word from Proto-Germanic -gaz →