Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂werg-
Proto-Indo-European edit
Root edit
*h₂werg-
- to turn, turn around
Descendants edit
- *h₂wérg-e-ti (thematic root present)
- *h₂wr̥-né-g-ti (nasal infix present)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian:
- Sanskrit: वृणक्ति (vṛṇakti, “to turn around, ward off”)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian:
- *h₂wḗrg-s-t (s-aorist)
- Proto-Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: εἶρξαι (eîrxai, “to hold off”)
- Proto-Hellenic:
- *h₂wérg-se-ti (se-present)
- Tocharian A: wärkṣantāñ (“rotating”, ptcp.)
- *h₂wérg-mn̥ (action noun)
- Proto-Italic:
- >? Latin: vermina
- Proto-Italic:
- *h₂wr̥g-i-
- Hittite: [script needed] (ḫurki-, “wheel”)
- Unsorted formations:
- Sanskrit: वृज् (vṛj, “to turn, bend”)
- Sanskrit: वरीवृजत्- (varīvṛjat-, “bending again and again”, ptcp.)
- Sanskrit: प्र वावृजे (pra vāvṛje, “is turned towards”)
References edit
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*h₂u̯erg-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vergō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 665