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Where does “hargnier” come from?

hargnier (Old French) comes from Frankish harmēn, from Proto-Germanic harmāną, from Proto-Germanic -āną, from Proto-Germanic -ajaną, from Proto-Indo-European -oyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

hargnier (Old French): to complain; to bemoan; to lament; to argue; to...

Definitions

  1. to complain; to bemoan; to lament; to argue; to...

Ancestry of “hargnier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishharmēnto insult, injure; to harm, to injure
2Proto-Germanicharmānąto harm, injure, pain; to shame
3Proto-Germanic-ānąCreates factitive verbs from adjectives, later...
4Proto-Germanic-ajaną—
5Proto-Indo-European-oyétiCreates factitive verbs from adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
8Chichewaiyehe, she
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