algʷh-

    algʷh-

    English meaning: “to earn, price, value, *precious bright metal”

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “verdienen, Ghegenwert”

    Material: O.Ind. árhati “ is worth, earns, is obliged, debit, “, arghá-ḥ “ value, validity, price “ (=Osset. arɣ “ price, value “), Av. arǝjaiti “ is worth, amounts for value “ (Pers. arzīdan “ earn “), arǝjah- (es- stem) n. “ value, price “. maybe Alb. (*árhati) argat “ worker, serf “, argëtoj “ entertain, reward, please, become lazy “, argomë “barren, unproductive”. Gk. ἀλφή “acquisition, purchase “ = Lith. algà, O.Pruss. gen. sg. ülgas “ wage “, Gk. ἀλφάνω, ἀλφεῖν “ profit, earn “ (ἀλφεῖν = O.Ind. árhati, but by the more complete present ἀλφάνω in the validity embedded as an Aorist), ἀλφεσίβοιος “ cattle earned “.

    Note: Common Gk. gʷ> b, kʷ > p phonetic mutation maybe Alb.Gheg (*ἀλφή) ble- “ to buy, purchase “. An additional form on voiced-nonaspirated is O.Ind. arjati “ acquires, earns, fetches “.

    References: WP. I 91.