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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
Verb
*werganą
- to strangle
Inflection
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Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*wergan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 580