argher

Old Swedish

adjective

Definitions

cowardly
bad, evil, wicked
angry

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse argr (coward, bad, evil) inherited from Proto-Germanic *argaz.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*argaz

Gloss

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*h₁ergʰ- Proto-Indo-European
*h₃orǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
*argaz Proto-Germanic
arg Swedish
earg Old English
earh Old English
argr Old Norse
argur Icelandic
arg Old High German
*𐌰𐍂𐌲𐍃 Gothic
*arg gmw-pro
*arg Old Dutch
*arka Proto-Finnic
arg Westrobothnian
erch Old Frisian