Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *argazScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_argaz
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Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive (Studia linguistica Germanica 33)FrankHeidermannsWalter de Gruyter1993Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 5)AlwinKloekhorstBrill2008Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013Lexikon der indogermanischen VerbenHelmutRixMartinKümmelThomasZehnderReinerLippBrigitteSchirmerWiesbadenReichert2001Aspects of Hittite nominal i-stemsDitaFrantíkováPragueCharles University, Faculty of Arts2022Germ. ARGA-, iniuriosum verbum: Aspetti etimologici e semanticiverioSantoroRomeAracne2002𒀀𒅈𒅗𒊑to mount, cover, copulateёрзатьto fidgetὄρχιςtesticleորձիքtesticles*h₃erǵʰ-to copulate; ardent*h₃orǵʰ-ó-scopulatoreržùsardent, voluptuous, stubbornaržùsardent, voluptuous, stubborn*h₁órǵʰis ~ *h₃órǵʰistesticle
adja-stemunmanly; cowardly, timid; dishonorable, unworthylewd, sexually indecent; effeminate, especially in North GermanicProbably from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órǵʰ-o-s, an o-grade thematic adjective from *h₃erǵʰ-. The barytone formation has been interpreted as ‘one mounted/copulated with’, beside oxytone *h₃orǵʰ-ó-sHeidermanns 1993: 102–103. Cognate with Lithuanian eržùs, aržùs and Hittite 𒀀𒅈𒅗𒊑; Russian ёрзать has also been compared but is less secure Frantíková 2022: 22–23Kroonen 2013: 34. Probably related to PIE *h₁órǵʰis ~ *h₃órǵʰis, reflected by Ancient Greek ὄρχις and Old Armenian որձիք. The initial laryngeal is disputed: *h₃- is favored by Kloekhorst 2008: 203 and Kroonen 2013: 34, while LIV² Rix et al. 2001: 238–39 and Frantíková Frantíková 2022: 22–23, 228 reconstruct *h₁-. Alternatively, Santoro 2002: 59–63 derives the Germanic adjective from a root meaning ‘shake, tremble’, with ‘cowardly’ as the primary sense.