*hwergh-, *hwerg- or *hwerk-?

[Patrick C. Ryan]

Dear Steve and IEists:

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> Let me ask, does evidence of (*hwergh-, *hwerg- or *hwerk-?) appear in any
> other IE languages?

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<PR>
Surely you are familiar with IE *wer-g-, 'turn', a stem based on Pokorny's
3. *wer-, 'turn, bend'.

It is surely highly unlikely that *hwerg- is not related to it in some way.

I would segment it *H-wer-g-.

What might the source of this prefix be? I have made an attempt to address
that question in

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2803/ProtoLanguage-IE-PrefixPlurals.htm

I would be glad for any critique of the ideas expressed in it.

Pat

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