Where does “reþig” come from?

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

reþig (Old English): fierce; savage; cruel

Definitions

  1. fierce; savage; cruel

Ancestry of “reþig”, 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 →