ἔρδω
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Ὀργή, ὄνομα ῥηματικόν· καὶ πόθεν γίνεται; Παρὰ τὸ ῥέζω τὸ πράττω· ὁ μέσος παρακείμενος ἔρρογα, καὶ ἐν ὑπερβιβασμῷ ἔοργα, τοῦ ἑνὸς Ρ ἀποβληθέντος, καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ ὀργή· ἢ παρὰ τὸ εἴργω τὸ κωλύω, ἡ κωλύουσα ἡμᾶς τὰ δέοντα βουλεύεσθαι, εἰργὴ, καὶ ἀποβολῇ τοῦ Ι καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ Ε εἰς Ο ὀργή· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ὀρέγω, τὸ ἐπιθυμῶ, ὀρεγὴ, καὶ ἐν συγκοπῇ ὀργή
Translation (En)
Orgē "anger", verbal noun. And where does it come from? From rhezō "to do": the middle perfect is *erroga, and with metathesis eorga, with dropping of one /r/, and from it orgē. Or from eirgō "to prevent", the one preventing us from reflecting as we should, *eirgē, and through dropping of the /I/ and change of /e/ into /o/, orgē. Or from oregō "to desire", *oregē, and by syncope orgē
Parallels
Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 629 (Ὀργή: Ἀπὸ τοῦ ῥέζω, τὸ πράττω, ὅθεν τὸ ἔοργα γίνεται· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ὀρέγω, τὸ ἐπιθυμῶ, ὀρεγή· καὶ συγκοπῇ, ὀργή. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ εἴργω, εἰργή· καὶ ἀποβολῇ τοῦ ι, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ ε εἰς ο, ὀργὴ, ἡ κωλύουσα ἡμᾶς τὰ δέοντα βουλεύεσθαι. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ ὄρω, τὸ διεγείρω, ὀρὴ καὶ ὀργή)
Comment
Derivational etymology starting from the perfect form ἔοργα (Homer) of ῥέζω/ἔρδω. The perfect provides the o grade and the sequence -οργ-. Then the initial /e/ is dropped, hence ὀργή. From the semantic point of view, anger is therefore the "doing", what drives man into action (even though starting from a perfect, which has a resultative value in Classical Greek and still a stative value in Homer, is not compatible with this explanation).