Roots/*h₂erǵ-tó-h₂erǵ-tó-“shining, gleaming white”Widely acceptedcolormaterialsilver, argent, argue, ArgentinaParticipial from *h₂erǵ- "to gleam", yielding Latin argentum "silver", arguere "to make bright/clear", English argent, silver, argue.Related Rootsbʰerdʰ-“to cut, split, separate”bʰerǵ-s-“to protect by enclosing”bʰlēg-“to shine, to gleam, to burn”bʰleh₁-wo-“yellow, golden-hued”bʰlewk-“to shine, to flash white”bʰreg-mn̥“that which breaks, fragment”deru-“tree, wood, to be firm”dʰeh₁-gʷʰ-“to burn, to be warm, dark from burning”related entrySee also: h2erg-to- variant