𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌿𐌲𐌺𐍃

Uncertain. There do not appear to be Germanic cognates. Lehmann mentions two etymologies given by early philologists, but "neither proposal [is] cogent" in his view. The first theory holds that the word is, "with loss of w-", to be related to Sanskrit वृणक्ति (vṛṇakti, “to turn”) and Ancient Greek ἔργω (érgō), both said to be from a Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to turn, bend”). The other theory similarly claims loss of w-, noting that the word should be properly reconstructed as *uz-wrugks, but relates it instead to Ancient Greek ῥέμβω (rhémbō), similarly said (by this etymologist) to be derived from Indo-European *wer-. With neither etymology being particularly persuasive, the provenance of the second element of this word remains elusive.^[1] In any case, the first element is the prefix 𐌿𐍃- (us-).

𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌿𐌲𐌺𐍃 • (urrugks)

1. (hapax legomenon, uncertain definition) outcast? reprobate? depraved?

• Occurs only in a gloss to Ephesians 2:3.