waurkeiÞ

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `do, make, complete', also `sacrifice';

Other forms: Aor. ἔρξαι (Cypr. ἔϜερξα), perf. ἔοργα (Il.), med. ἐ]ργμένος (B. 12, 207; uncertain), fut. ἔρξω (Od.)

Dialectal forms: Myc. woze \/ worzei\/ still has the original zero grade.

Compounds: rarely with prefix ἀπ-, προσ-, συν-. In prose replaced by ποιέω, πράττω, ἐργάζομαι etc.

Derivatives: ἔργμα `deed' (h. Hom., Archil.; cf. Porzig Satzinhalte 268), ἕρκτωρ `perpetrator' (Antim.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1168] *u̯erǵ- `work'

Etymology: The present (Ϝ)έρδω (Cret. βέρδηι; cf. Schwyzer 224; on the digamma also Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 135; on the sec. aspiration in ἕρδω ibid.1, 187f., Sommer Lautstud. 131) can through *Ϝέρzδω go back on *Ϝέργι̯ω and differs only im ablaut from the weak-grade. Jot presents Av. vǝrǝzyeiti = Goth. waurkeiÞ, OHG wurchit, IE *u̯r̥ǵ-i̯eti. The full grade from (Ϝ)έργον; thus OS wirkiu after werk; cf. Schwyzer 716 n. 2. - The non-present forms show the expected full grade with regular o- in the perfekt. Cf. ῥέζω.

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