Comparative evidence

h₂u̯erg

• OInd. vṛj- 'twist' (Whitney 1885: 163); 'bend', 'turn'; 'pull' (up), 'pluck', 'gather'; 'wring off', 'break' (a person's neck); 'avert', 'remove'; 'divert', 'withhold', 'exclude', 'abalienate'; 'select', 'appropriate' (MW: 1008-1009)

References

MW = Monier-Williams, M. 1899. A Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Clarendon Press.
Whitney 1885 = Whitney W. D. 1885. The roots, verb forms and primary derivatives of the Sanskrit language. A supplement to his Sanskrit grammar. Leipzig.