u̯erĝ-1, u̯reĝ-

    u̯erĝ-1, u̯reĝ-

    English meaning: to close, enclose; pen

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “abschließen, einschließen; Hũrde”

    Note: extension from u̯er-5.

    Material: O.Ind. vrajá- m. “ hurdle, Umhegung”, vr̥jana- m. “Umhegung, Einfriedigung, abgeschlossene settlement “, gthAv. vǝrǝzǝ̄ na-, jAv. varǝzüna-, ap. vardana- n. “Gemeinwesen” (out of it borrowed O.Ind. vardhana- “town, city”, Wackernagel KZ. 67, 168 f.); Av. varǝz- “absperren”; O.S.S. æruæz (*wraza- = O.Ind. vrajá-) “Rudel, Hirsche”; Hom. ἔργω, ἐργάθω (F-) and (with Vorschlags ἐ-) ἐέργω, Att. εἴργω ‘schließe ein, from, hold ab”, Att. εἱρκτή, Ion. ἐρκτή “ jail “, Att. εἱργμός “ jail, Verschluß”, Cypr. ka-te-vo-ro-ko-ne ‘sie belagerten”; in addition O.Ir. fraig “wall”, Ir. fraigh “wall from wickerwork, roof, hurdle “, because of M.Welsh ach-vre “wattled fence” from *u̯regi- (Loth RC. 38, 301).

    References: WP. I 290, Frisk 465 f.; Benveniste BAL.-SLAV. 52, 34;

    See also: compare u̯erĝh- above S. 1154.