ånger

Swedish

noun
Definitions
  • remorse, regret

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse angr (sorrow, tedium, firth, affliction, depression) derived from Proto-Germanic *anguz (narrow, tight) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰu-, *h₂enǵʰ- (narrow, tighten, tied together, constrict).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂enǵʰ-

Gloss

narrow, tighten, tied together, constrict

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