zagen

Bedeutung (Englisch)

to hesitate, to be apprehensive

Synonyme

befürchten

😨

sich ängstigen

wackeln

taumeln

zögern

zaudern

fürchten

😨

sich ängsten

ängstigen

abschrecken

verscheuchen

schwanken

einschüchtern

schwanen

bangen

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Middle High German zagen, from Old High German erzagēn, with further origin unclear. Often assumed to be from a hypothetical Old High German *aʒ-agēn and Proto-Germanic *at-agēn, with an incorrect separation of *at (“at”). *agēn (“fear”) would be related to Proto-Germanic *agaz (“fear, dread”) and thus be from Proto-Indo-European *h₂égʰos (“distress”) and Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ- (“to be upset, afraid”), whence English awe, Sanskrit अघ (agha, “bad, evil”), and Ancient Greek ἄχος (ákhos, “distress, pain”).