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Where does “w(o)rǵʰ-eye-” come from?

w(o)rǵʰ-eye- (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European werǵʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European wēr-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

Ancestry of “w(o)rǵʰ-eye-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵʰ-bind, squeeze; to bind, squeeze; to turn, twist,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “w(o)rǵʰ-eye-”

  • urge
  • urgent
  • urgency
  • urgently
  • urgence
  • nonurgent
  • urgeth
  • urger
  • urgest
  • reurge
  • unurgent
  • urgicenter
  • overurge
  • nonurgency
  • unurgency
  • adurgeo
  • exurgeo
  • inurgeo
  • perurgeo
  • suburgeo
  • urgeo
  • urge
  • urguens
  • urguendus
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