erg
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ɛr(ə)x/
adj
Definitions
- serious, considerable, severe
- awful, terrible
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch arch inherited from Old Dutch *arg inherited from Proto-Germanic *argaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*argaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- arglos German
- argeloos Dutch, Flemish
- argwaan Dutch, Flemish
- waan Dutch, Flemish
- *h₁ergʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃orǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *argaz Proto-Germanic
- *arhwō Proto-Germanic
- earg Old English
- earh Old English
- arewe Middle English
- arow Middle English
- arwe Middle English
- argr Old Norse
- arch Middle Dutch
- argeren Middle Dutch
- arg Old High German
- uerg Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *𐌰𐍂𐌲𐍃 Gothic
- *arg gmw-pro
- *arg Old Dutch
- *arka Proto-Finnic
- erch Old Frisian
- ärch Central Franconian