agh-(lo-)

    agh-(lo-)

    English meaning: disgusting

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “widerwärtig”

    Note: Root agh-(lo-) : “disgusting” derived from an extended Root agos- : “ fault, sin” produced.

    Material: Goth. agls “opprobrious, ignominious”, agliÞa, aglō “ hardship “, us-agljan “ press “, O.E. eg(e)le “ offensive, unwieldy, unfortunate “, eglan add “ pain “ (Eng. ail “ hurt; indisposed his “), eglian “ to be felt painfully “, M.L.G. egelen “ cause grief “, Goth. aglus adv. agluba “ δύσκολος, difficult “; also (with puzzling suffix) Goth. aglaitei f. -i n. “ licentiousness, wanton violence, insolence, sexual offense “, O.H.G. agaleizi f.,-i n. “ discomfort; zeal “, agaleizo, O.S. aglēto, agalēto adv. “ sedulous, keen “. Possibly here ow. aghá- (=Av. aɣō-) “nasty”, n. “ horrible, damage “, aghalá- “ bad “. Here maybe to M.Ir. ülad n. “wound” (*agloton), M.Welsh aele(u) “painful”, aeleu m. “pain” (*aglou̯-).

    References: WP. I 41, Feist 15 a, Specht Decl. 136, Loth RC. 38, 56.