ärch
Central Franconian
/ɛʀɕ/
adjective
Definitions
- (Ripuarian) bad; tremendous
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German arg (bad, evil, corrupt, mean, cowardly) inherited from Proto-Germanic *argaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*argaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- arg German
- argeloos Dutch, Flemish
- argwaan Dutch, Flemish
- erg Dutch, Flemish
- *h₁ergʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃orǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *argaz Proto-Germanic
- *slihtaz Proto-Germanic
- earg Old English
- earh Old English
- argr Old Norse
- arch Middle Dutch
- arg Old High German
- argi Old High German
- argern Middle High German
- uerg Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *𐌰𐍂𐌲𐍃 Gothic
- *arg gmw-pro
- *arg Old Dutch
- *arka Proto-Finnic
- erch Old Frisian