-𐀺𐀒

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).

-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)

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• 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))

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