Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *werpanąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_werpaną
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ῥέμβωto turn in circles*wergʷ-to bend, spin, warp*vèrťito throw, leap
verbStrong class 3to throwto castFrom Proto-Indo-European *wergʷ- (‘to bend, spin, warp’), with the *-p- in the Germanic form likely being the expected result after resonants in words beginning with a labial consonant (compare *fimf (‘five’) and *wulfaz (‘wolf’) for other Proto-Germanic terms with similar outcomes). Cognate with Ancient Greek ῥέμβω (rhémbō, ‘to turn in circles’) (whence ῥόμβος (rhómbos, ‘spinning top’), borrowed into English as rhombus), and possibly Proto-Slavic *vèrťi (‘to throw, leap’) (though Kroonen is skeptical of the link to the Slavic).