u̯reg- (and u̯erg-?) (*su̯erg-)

    u̯reg- (and u̯erg-?) (*su̯erg-)

    English meaning: to push, drag, drive

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘stoßen, drängen, puffen, treiben, feindselig verfolgen”

    Material: O.Ind. perhaps vrájati ‘schreitet, goes”, pra-vrüjá yati “läßt wandern, verbannt”, parüvr̥ j- “Verstoßener”; Persson Beitr. 501 seeks against it in ihnen ein with *u̯er-g- “turn” (see 1154) nächstverwandtes *u̯re-g-, basic meaning ‘sich drehend bewegen”; Lat. urgeō (besides early, but unursprũnglich urgueō), -ēre “urge, press, push, beset, press” (*u̯r̥gei̯ō or *urgei̯ō); Goth. wrikan “ pursue “, O.Ice. reka “drive, push, hunt, chase, pursue, throw, verwerfen”, O.E. wrecan “urge, press, push, drive, push, rächen” (and “vorwärts schreiten”, see above), O.Fris. wreka “drive, push, rächen”, O.S. wrecan “rächen, punish, curse”, O.H.G. rehhan ds., wreh “exul”, Goth. wraks “Verfolger”, wrakjan “ pursue “, O.E. wracu “ revenge, vengeance, punishment, woefulness “, wræc n. “Verbannung, woefulness “, wrecc(e)an “aufmuntern, antreiben, waken, arouse, revive”, wrecca “ein Verbannter, Elender, foreigner, stranger”, O.S. wrekkio, O.H.G. (w)reck(e)o “landesflũchtiger Held”, Ger. (neu from dem M.H.G. aufgenommen) Recke; O.E. wræc “Verbannung, woefulness “, Nor. rak “umhertreibender object, debris or kelp “ (hence M.L.G.Wrak “Wrack”), with e also Ice. rek “auf dem Wasser treibender object “; lengthened grade Goth.wrēkei “Verfolgung”, O.Fris. wrēke, O.S. wrüka “ punishment, revenge, vengeance “, O.H.G. rühha “ revenge, vengeance “, O.Ice. rüc “Verfolgung”, rǣ kr “verwerflich”, rǣ kja (: O.Ind. vrüjá yati) “verwerfen, vertreiben” = O.Fris. wrēka, O.E. wrǣ can “drive, push, urge, press, push”; Bal.-Slav. *u̯erg- in compatible English meaning: Lith. vérgas, Ltv. vērgs ‘slave”; ablaut. Lith. var̃gas “need, woefulness “, var̃gti “need leiden”, O.Pruss. wargan acc. sg. m. “Übel, affliction, danger”, Lith. vargùs “ heavy, beschwerlich, woeful, wretched, miserable “, Ltv. vürgs “ woeful, wretched, miserable, siech”, O.Pruss. wargs “evil, bad”; O.C.S. vragъ “fiend”, Pol. wrog “Übel, evil, harm; the Böse, devil; Verhängnis”; yet are die Bal.-Slav. words also with Gmc. warga- (see S. 1154 under *u̯er-ĝh-, *u̯er- “turn”) compatible.

    References: WP. I 319 f., WH. II 839 f., Trautmann 342, Vasmer 1, 228.