From Proto-Germanic *argijaną. *<span class="searchmatch">ergian</span> to spoil, to ruin to become a coward Conjugation of *<span class="searchmatch">ergian</span> (weak class 1)...
cowardly”) + *-jan. *argijan to spoil, to ruin *argēn <span class="searchmatch">Old</span> <span class="searchmatch">Saxon</span>: *<span class="searchmatch">ergian</span> Middle Low German: ergen <span class="searchmatch">Old</span> Dutch: *ergen Middle Dutch: ergen, argen Dutch: ergen...
to make into a coward Proto-West Germanic: *argijan <span class="searchmatch">Old</span> <span class="searchmatch">Saxon</span>: *<span class="searchmatch">ergian</span> Middle Low German: ergen <span class="searchmatch">Old</span> Dutch: *ergen Middle Dutch: ergen, argen Dutch: ergen...