Where does “terġan” come from?

terġan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic targijaną, from Proto-Indo-European deregʰ- — to pull, tug, irritate.

terġan (Old English): to worry, exasperate, pain, provoke, excite

Definitions

  1. to worry, exasperate, pain, provoke, excite

Ancestry of “terġan”, step by step

terġan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic targijaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictargijanąto pull; yank; tug; tease; to irritate
2Proto-Indo-Europeanderegʰ-to pull, tug, irritate

via Proto-Germanic terganą

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicterganą—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deregʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic targijaną →