Where does “tierġan” come from?

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

tierġan (Old English): to worry, exasperate

Definitions

  1. to worry, exasperate

Ancestry of “tierġan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*targijan—
2Proto-Germanictargijanąto pull; yank; tug; tease; to irritate
3Proto-Indo-Europeanderegʰ-to pull, tug, irritate

Words derived from “tierġan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European deregʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic targijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *targijan →
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