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Awkward

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means causing difficulty, embarrassment, or lacking social ease
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Stage 1 of 2
afugr
Old Norse · medieval
"turned backwards, contrary"
turned the wrong way, backwards
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Stage 2 of 2
awkward
English · 1300s
"clumsy or socially uncomfortable"
settled as the word for clumsy or socially uncomfortable
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