-𐀺𐀒

See also: 𐀺𐀒

Mycenaean Greek

Etymology

Equivalent to Ancient Greek -ουργός (-ourgós); from Proto-Hellenic *worgós, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *werǵ- (to work). Compare also Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon) < ϝέργον (wérgon).

Suffix

-𐀺𐀒 (-wo-ko -worgos)

  1. maker (denoting someone whose job it is to produce the item denoted by the prefix)
  2. worker (denoting a category of profession)

Declension

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Derived terms

  • 𐀀𐀢𐀒𐀺𐀒 (a-pu-ko-wo-ko /ampuk-worgos/, maker of headbands ?) (compare ἄμπυξ (ámpux))
  • 𐀆𐀓𐀶𐀺𐀒 (de-ku-tu-wo-ko), 𐀆𐀓𐀵𐀺𐀒 (de-ku-to-wo-ko /dektu-worgos/, maker of nets) (compare δίκτυον (díktuon))
  • 𐀁𐀒𐀰𐀺𐀒 (e-ko-so-wo-ko /ekso\ō-worgos/, outside worker) (compare ἔξω (éxō))
  • 𐀁𐀵𐀺𐀒 (e-to-wo-ko /ento-worgos/, inside worker) (compare ἐντός (entós))
  • 𐀂𐀋𐀫𐀺𐀒 (i-je-ro-wo-ko /hiero-worgos/, priest, literally holy worker) (compare ἱερουργός (hierourgós))
  • 𐀒𐀹𐀫𐀺𐀒 (ko-wi-ro-wo-ko /kowilo-worgos/, maker of metal-ware ?) (compare κοῖλος (koîlos))
  • 𐀓𐀷𐀜𐀺𐀒 (ku-wa-no-wo-ko /kuano-worgos/, cyanus-worker) (compare κύανος (kúanos))
  • 𐀓𐀬𐀰𐀺𐀒 (ku-ru-so-wo-ko /khruso-worgos/, goldsmith) (compare χρυσουργός (khrusourgós))
  • 𐀜𐀪𐀺𐀒 (no-ri-wo-ko, (a type of) (female) textile worker)
  • 𐀵𐀒𐀰𐀺𐀒 (to-ko-so-wo-ko /tokso-worgos/, bow maker) (compare τόξον (tóxon))
  • 𐀵𐀫𐀜𐀺𐀒 (to-ro-no-wo-ko /throno-worgos/, chair maker ?) (compare θρόνος (thrónos))
  • 𐀞𐀺𐀒 (pa-wo-ko /par-worgōn/, extra hands?, ancillaries?, gen. pl.) (compare παρα- (para-))
  • 𐀸𐀏𐀲 (we-ka-ta /wergatai/, workers)
  • 𐀺𐀫𐀑𐀍𐀚𐀍 (wo-ro-ki-jo-ne-jo /worgioneios/) (compare ὄργιον (órgion))

References

  • John Chadwick; Lydia Baumbach (1963), “The Mycenaean Greek Vocabulary”, in Glotta : Zeitschrift für griechische und lateinische Sprache, volume 41, issue 3/4, Göttingen, Germany: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (GmbH & Co. KG), →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 193-4 of 157–271: “ἔργον”
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