erguil

Old Occitan

Alternative forms
  • arguell, ergul, erguelh
  • orgulh (Old Gascon)

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *urgōlī.[1] For Romance cognates, see *orgollium.

Noun

erguil m (oblique plural erguils, nominative singular erguils, nominative plural erguil)

  1. pride

Descendants
  • Gascon: orgulh (Aranais)
  • Languedocien: orguèlh, orgulh
  • Provençal: erguèlh, ergòlh
  • Vivaro-Alpin: orgulh

References
  1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*urgōlī”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 17: Germanismes: S–Z, page 414
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