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Where does “argerōn” come from?

argerōn (Old High German) comes from Old High German arg, from Proto-West Germanic arg, from Proto-Germanic argaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ergʰ- — to go, move; to mount; to move, go.

Ancestry of “argerōn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanargbad, wicked, godless
2Proto-West Germanicargcowardly
3Proto-Germanicargazunmanly, cowardly, unworthy, indecent
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ergʰ-to go, move; to mount; to move, go

Words derived from “argerōn”

  • ärgern
  • verärgert
  • verärgern
  • ärgerlich
  • ærgre
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