Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/werǵ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*werǵ-

1. to make

Derived terms

• *wr̥ǵ-yé-ti (zero-grade ye-present)
• *wérǵ-ye-ti (full-grade ye-present)
  • Proto-Germanic: *wirkijaną (see there for further descendants)
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: ἔρδω (érdō, “I do”)
    • Ancient Greek: ῥέζω (rhézō, “I do”) (< *wreǵ-ye- with secondary e-grade)
• *worǵ-éh₂
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: ὀργή (orgḗ)
• *wérǵ-o-m
• *wr̥ǵ-tó-s
• Unsorted formations:
  • Albanian:
    • Albanian: argëtoj, argëtim
  • Proto-Celtic: *wregeti
    • Breton: ober;gran, grez, gra
    • Cornish: gul;gwrav, gwredh, gwra
    • Old Irish: fairged
    • Middle Welsh: gwneuthur
      • Welsh: gwneud
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: ὄργανον (órganon)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *swawr̥šti
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *swawr̥ṣṭi
  • Proto-Tocharian: *wärk-
    • Tocharian A: wärkṣäl
    • Tocharian B: warkṣäl