Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/werganą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wérǵʰ-e-, from *werǵʰ- (“to bind, squeeze”). Cognate with Lithuanian ver̃žti (“to tighten, string”), Proto-Slavic *povorzъ (“cord, rope”),[1] as well as perhaps Albanian vjerdh (“to instill, bring close”), Latin urgeō (“to press, push”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwer.ɣɑ.nɑ̃./

Verb

*werganą

  1. to strangle

Inflection

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Descendants

  • Middle High German: *wergen (in erwergen (“to strangle”))

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wergan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 580
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