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Where does “trægha” come from?

trægha (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse trega, from Proto-Germanic treganą, from Proto-Indo-European dreǵʰ- — to be unwilling, vexed.

trægha (Old Swedish): to cause sorrow

Definitions

  1. to cause sorrow

Ancestry of “trægha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetrega—
2Proto-Germanictreganąto suffer, be sick, grieve
3Proto-Indo-Europeandreǵʰ-to be unwilling, vexed
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