würgen
German (Berlin)
/ˈvʏʁɡən/
verb-weak
Definitions
- to strangle
- to gag
- to retch
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German wurgen inherited from Old High German wurgan inherited from Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną (strangle) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (bind, squeeze, wind together, choke).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*werǵʰ-
Gloss
bind, squeeze, wind together, choke
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beworry English
- worricow English
- worrier English
- worrieth English
- worrily English
- worriment English
- worrisome English
- worry English
- worry-free English
- worryguts English
- worrying English
- worryless English
- worryment English
- worrywart English
- urgeo Latin
- Ameisenwürger German
- Kahlkopfwürger German
- Raubwürger German
- Rotrückenwürger German
- Würger German
- abwürgen German
- erwürgen German
- runter German
- runterwürgen German
- verwurgen Dutch, Flemish
- wurgen Dutch, Flemish
- wurggreep Dutch, Flemish
- wurging Dutch, Flemish
- wurgpaal Dutch, Flemish
- wurgslang Dutch, Flemish
- wurgstokje Dutch, Flemish
- *w(o)rǵʰ-eye- Proto-Indo-European
- *werǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wargaz Proto-Germanic
- *wurgijaną Proto-Germanic
- wyrgan Old English
- wyrġan Old English
- worien Middle English
- worgen Middle Dutch
- wurgan Old High German
- wurg Afrikaans
- wurgen Middle High German
- *wurgen Old Dutch
- *worɣēō Proto-Italic
- wari Tok Pisin
- wjȳgja Vilamovian