Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt. · Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress; to exercise. · To harass; to irritate or distress. · To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.
A strong feeling of anxiety. · An instance or cause of such a feeling. · A person who causes worry.
From Middle English worien (“to choke, strangle”), from Old English wyrġan, from Proto-West Germanic *wurgijan, from Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, squeeze”). Cognate with Dutch worgen, wurgen, German würgen. Compare Latin urgere (“to press, push”), Sanskrit वृहति (vṛhati, “to tear out, pluck”), Lithuanian ver̃žti (“to string; squeeze”), Russian (poetic) отверза́ть (otverzátʹ, “to open”, literally “to untie”). Related to wring.
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- Inherited-form mentionworienenm · to choke, strangle
- Inherited-form mentionwyrġanang
- Inherited-form mention*wurgijangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*wurgijanągem-pro
- Derivation mention*werǵʰ-ine-pro · bind, squeeze
- Cognate mentionworgennl
- Cognate mentionwürgende
- Cognate mentionurgeola · to press, push
- Cognate mentionवृहतिsa
- Cognate mentionver̃žtilt · to string; squeeze
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