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Number: 16
Root: agh-(lo-)
English meaning: disgusting
German meaning: `widerwärtig'
Material: Got. agls `αἰσχρός `schimpflich', agliþa, aglō `Drangsal', us-agljan `bedrängen', ags. eg(e)le `widerwärtig, beschwerlich, bedauerlich', eglan `Schmerz zufügen' (engl. ail `schmerzen; unpäßlich sein'), eglian `schmerzlich empfunden werden', mnd. egelen `Gram verursachen', got. aglus Adv. agluba `δύσκολος, δυσκόλως, schwierig'; auch (mit rätselhaftem Suffix) got. aglaitei f., -i n. `ἀσέλγεια, Unzucht', ahd. agaleizi f., -i n. `Unbequemlichkeit; Eifer', agaleizo, as. aglēto, agalēto Adv. `emsig, eifrig'.

    Möglicherweise hierher ai. aghá- (= av. aɣō-) `böse', n. `Übel, Schaden', aghalá- `schlimm'.

    Hierher vielleicht mir. ālad n. `Wunde' (*agloton), mcymr. aele(u) `schmerzhaft', aeleu m. `Schmerz' (*aglou̯-).

References: WP. I 41, Feist 15 a, Specht Dekl. 136, Loth RC. 38, 56.
Pages: 8
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *agh-
Meaning: vile, bad
Old Indian: aghá- `bad, dangerous, sinful'; n. `evil, sin'
Avestan: aɣa- `böse'
Old Greek: ? akhlǘ-s, gen. -ǘos f. 'mist'
Germanic: *ag-l-i-, *ag-l-u- adj.
Celtic: OIr āil (< *agli-) `Schimpf'
Russ. meaning: мерзкий
References: WP I 41
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *agli-, *aglu-
Meaning: hateful, to offend
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Gothic: agl-s (a) `disgraceful'; *agljan wk. `harm'; aglu-s (ü) `difficult'
Norwegian: egla wk. `molest, offend'
Old English: eg(e)le `troublesome, hateful, loathsome, horrid', eglian (eglan, elan) (-ode/-ade; -od/-ad) tr. impers. `to trouble, pain, grieve'
Middle Low German: egelen `Gram verursachen'
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