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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *ŭk`urkV ( ~ -o-)
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: rope, lasso
Russian meaning: веревка, аркан
Turkic: *ukruk
Mongolian: *uɣurga
Tungus-Manchu: *oKurga
Korean: *ork-
Comments: Владимирцов 247, PKE 136-137. Despite Doerfer MT 96 and Щербак 1997, 120, the word seems to be inherited (loans Turk. > Mong. and Mong. > Tung. are not easily explained phonetically). The stem appears to be an old derivative with the suffix *-rga, but the deriving root is hard to find. Poppe 1972, 96 cites Evk. oku- 'to catch a bird with a snare' which we were unable to locate; there exists, however, Manchu oχolǯon, oχolǯi 'snare, loop' (ТМС 2, 10) which is likely to contain the same root. The relationship to the synonymous *p`ŭrVk`V 'rope, lasso' q. v. remains unclear; the two stems are clearly distinguished in several subgroups, but (due to the development *p`- > h-, 0-) are easily confused. The Mong. form *uɣurga is interesting: it is exactly parallel to Turkic *ukruk and shows the same cluster development (*-kr- > -ɣ(V)r-) as *bŭkrV ( > buɣur-čak) and *č`ik`-rV ( > čiɣire) q. v.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *ukruk
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: lasso, lasso pole
Russian meaning: аркан, жердь с арканом
Karakhanid: uqruq (MK)
Tatar: qŭrɨq
Middle Turkic: oqruq (AH)
Uzbek: qọruq
Uighur: oquruq (dial.)
Turkmen: uquruq (dial.)
Yakut: ogūr, oguruk
Kirghiz: uquruq
Kazakh: qŭrɨq
Noghai: qurɨq
Bashkir: qŭrŭq
Karakalpak: qurɨq
Kumyk: uqruq (dial.)
Comments: VEWT 360, EDT 90, ЭСТЯ 1, 585-586. Turk. > Hung. hurok 'loop', see Gombocz 1912.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *uɣurga
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: lasso pole
Russian meaning: шест с арканом
Written Mongolian: uɣurɣa, urɣa(n) (L 881)
Middle Mongolian: u'urqa (SH)
Khalkha: ūrga
Buriat: urga
Kalmuck: ūrɣǝ (КРС)
Ordos: ūrGa
Dagur: urga (Тод. Даг. 171)
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *oKurga
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: loop, snare
Russian meaning: петля, силок
Evenki: okurga, ukurga
Literary Manchu: χurGa, χurqa
Comments: ТМС 2, 352-353. The Manchu form is obviously = Evk. okurga, ukurga and thus, despite Rozycki 112, has nothing to do with MMong. xuraqa - on which see under *p`ŭrVk`V.
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *ork-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 rope 2 to tie, bind
Russian meaning: 1 веревка 2 привязывать, завязывать
Modern Korean: ok [olk] 1, ok- [olk-] 2
Comments: KED 1209.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *wVrkV ?
Meaning: noose, rope
Indo-European: *werg- ?
Altaic: *ŭk`urkV ( ~ -o-) (redupl.?)
Uralic: *wirka
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *werg-
Meaning: to twist
Old Indian: vr̥ṇákti, varjati, ptc. vr̥jiná- `to bend, turn, twist'; abhi-vlaŋgá- m. `turning off, shaking off'
Slavic: ? *vь́rgǭ, *vérgtī/*vь́rgtī; ? *orǭžьje
Baltic: *werg- vb. tr.
Germanic: *wirk-a- vb., *wurk-[ō]- vb., *wrik-a- vb.; *wrik=
Latin: vergō, -ere, Gramm. versī/vorsī `sich gegenneigen; im Abstieg sein (von einem Gestirn)'; pl. Vergiliae f. `die Plejaden' || rancēre `ranzig, stinkend sein', rancidus, -a `ranzig, stinkend; ekelhaft'
Celtic: *wronkā: Gael frōg `Moor, Sumpf, Fallgrube, Höhle, Kluft
Russ. meaning: крутить, скручивать
References: WP I 270 f
Comments: [Probably more than one root]
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: -вергнуть
Near etymology: в отвергнуть, отверга́ть, изверга́ть, укр. вере́чи, вергу́, ве́ргнути, др.-русск. вьргнути "бросить", ст.-слав. врьгѫ, врѣшти βάλλειν (Супр.), болг. връ́гам, сербохорв. вр̏ħи, вр̏гне̑м, словен. vréči, чеш. vrhati, слвц. vrhat', польск. wiergnąć "толкнуть", в.-луж. wjerhać "бросать", н.-луж. wjergaś. С другой ступенью гласного: цслав. изврагъ ἔκτρωμα.
Further etymology: Вероятно, родственно др.-инд. vr̥ṇákti, várjati "поворачивает, вертит", лат. vergō, -ere "склоняю, поворачиваю", возм., также гот. waírpan "бросать"; см. Фик 1, 549; Клюге-Гётце 686; Вальде 821; Преобр. 1, 73; иначе о герм. словах Цупица, GG 30; Перссон 502 и сл. Неубедительно сравнение Младенова (667) с нем. Werk "дело, работа", wirken "действовать; ткать".
Pages: 1,294-295
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *werg- vb. tr.
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lettish: savergt tr. `eintrocknen, einschrumpfen', savergtiês intr. 'zusammentrocken; sich (von der Hitze) zusammenziehen'
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *wirkan-, *wurkVn- vb., *wrikan-; *wrik=
Meaning: twist, wind round
IE etymology: IE etymology
Swedish: dial. vurken `windschief durch Feuchtigkeit'
Old English: wrecan `schreiten'
Middle Dutch: werc n.
Dutch: werken `sich werfen, krummziehen (von Holz)', werk n. `verwandte draden van vlas'
Middle Low German: werk n.
Old High German: āwirki (um 800), āwirke (9.Jh.), āwurki (10.Jh.), āwurka (12.Jh.), āwerc (13.Jh.) `grober Flachs oder Hanf, Abfall beim Schwingen des Flachses'
Middle High German: āwürke, āwerc n. }; wërc, wërch (-k-, -ch-) st. n. 'werg'
German: Werg n., schwab., alem. Abwerk, Abwerg
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 2154
Root: u̯er-3: D. u̯er-g-
English meaning: to turn
German meaning: `drehen'
Material: Ai. vr̥ṇákti, várjati `wendet, dreht', vr̥jiná- `krumm, ränkevoll' (eher mit g-Formans zu vr̥nṓti `wehrt', s. u̯er- `umschließen'); lat. vergō -ere `sich neigen'; vermina n. Pl. `das Bauchgrimmen' (*u̯erg-mena); holl. werken `sich werfen, krummziehen (von Holz)', schwed. vurken `windschief durch Feuchtigkeit'; lett. sa-vergt `einschrumpfen'; aksl. vrьgǫ, vrěšti `werfen' russ. ot-vérgnut' `ablehnen' usw.; vgl. unten S. 1181;

    cymr. gwraint `Würmer' usw. (s. oben S. 1152) kann g oder ĝh im Wurzelauslaut haben.

    Nasaliert *u̯reng-:

    ags. wrenc (*u̯rongi-) `(Drehung), Modulation der Stimme, Kunstgriff, Hinterlist', wrencan `drehen, winden, betrügen', wrincle `Runzel', ahd. birenkit `verrenkt', mhd. renken `drehend ziehen', mhd. ranc, Pl. renke m. `Drehung, Krümmung, schnelle Bewegung', nhd. verrenken, Rank `Ränke', nschwed. vrinka `verstauchen', nnorw. vrinke `abgeschmackt werden'; lit. reñgtis `sich schwerfällig bücken, krümmen', rangùs `geschmeidig', rangštùs `eilig', rìnga `ein krumm Dasitzender' u. dgl.; vielleicht ai. abhi-vlaṅgá- m. `Fangnetz', abhi-vlag- `fangen'; unter der Vorstellung des Nasenrümpfens kann angereiht werden lat. ringor (rictus dann mit analog. i für e) `den Mund aufsperren und die Zähne fletschen, sich ärgern', ksl. ręgnǫti `hiscere', rǫgъ `Spott, Hohn' usw.

References: WP. I 271 f., WH. II 436, 752 f., Vasmer 2, 543 f.
Pages: 1154
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 1168
Proto: *wirka
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: noose
German meaning: Schlinge
Finnish: virka (gen. viran) 'Dienst, Amt, Stelle, dial. Schlinge' ( > Saam. N vir'ge 'post, official, position, L vir'kē 'Amt, Beschäftigung, Arbeit'), virkamies 'Schlingen legender Jäger; Beamter, Amtsperson' ?
Saam (Lapp): virrū-säGGI (I) 'durch den Aufstellknebel losgehende bogenförmige Schlinge für Unglückshäher' ?
Nenets (Yurak): jārkā- (O), ẃārka- (Lj.) 'mit dem Lasso fangen', weraharʔ (Nj.) 'Wippschlinge (z. B. zum Fang von Auerhühnern, Birkenhühnern')
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