köken: Inherited from Middle French aigu, agu, from Old French agu, from Latin acūtus (“sharp”); related to English acute. The original Old French result was eü (preserved in the toponym Montheu < Latin Mons acutus (“sharp mountain”)), which was likely modified into the form agu based on the Latin, and then influenced by words like aigre, or aiguiser, as with aiguille. Doublet of acut.
harsh of manner or personality; vicious, wily, unscrupulous, villainous · persistent or stubborn of manner; cloying of flavor; garish or overdone of color or appearance
köken: First cited to 1694. Ultimate derivation is unclear. * One reference derives this from prefix あ (a, of uncertain meaning) + 諄い (kudoi, “repetitive, tedious, clunky, long-winded, insistent”). *: However, there is no apparent fitting prefix, only 亜 (a-, “sub-, -ous, -ite”, most often found in chemistry or biology). * Described in another source as deriving from 灰汁 (aku, “lye; harshness [as a…
çekim: karşılaştırma spalgāks · üstünlük visspalgākais
eş: skaļš
zıt: kluss
köken: From a variant *spalg- of Proto-Baltic *spelg-, *spilg-, *spulg- (whence also spilgts), from Proto-Indo-European *pel-, *spel-, *spʰel- (“to shine”) with an extra g. The original meaning was, as that of its cognates spilgts and spulgs, “bright, shiny,” from which it metaphorically evolved into “very loud, sharp.” Cognates include Lithuanian spal̃gė, spal̃gena, spal̃genas (“cranberry”) (< “bright,…