vargr
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- wolf
- evildoer
- destroyer
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *wargaz (criminal, outlaw) derived from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (bind, squeeze, wind together, choke).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*werǵʰ-
Gloss
bind, squeeze, wind together, choke
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- warg English
- *w(o)rǵʰ-eye- Proto-Indo-European
- *wer- Proto-Indo-European
- *werǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- varg Norwegian Bokmål
- *wargaz Proto-Germanic
- *wargiþō Proto-Germanic
- *wurgijaną Proto-Germanic
- *wīhą Proto-Germanic
- varg Swedish
- varg Norwegian Nynorsk
- warg Old English
- warg, wearh Old English
- wearg Old English
- weargcweþan Old English
- wearh Old English
- wiergen Old English
- wiergþu Old English
- morð Old Norse
- morðvargr Old Norse
- vargr í véum Old Norse
- brennuvargur Icelandic
- vargur Icelandic
- 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌲𐍃 Gothic
- *vargas Proto-Finnic
- vargher Old Swedish
- gvarj Westrobothnian
- warg Westrobothnian
- wærg Westrobothnian
- warg Elfdalian