Wow, great responses... this is definitely filling in huge sections
of something I have been working on over on the PIE religion list.
So, the condensed version?
1) "I believe that <ør-> is from *uz- 'from, out of'; I've seen
the word etymologized as *uzlagjan 'that which is laid out'.
That would make the second element related to <lo,g>
'law(s)', but not identical. (OE <lagu> 'law' would seem to
be a borrowing of an older singular *lagu rather than of
<lo,g> itself.)" - Brian Scott
2) "Primary form IEW (687) is PIE *lewgh- in got. liugos. Zero-grade
form yielded ketl. *lug-yo-n > OIr lugae, a verbal substantive of
verb <tongid> 'swear'." - Abdullah Konushevci
3)
http://www.stavinternational.org/dsessay-01.htm was a link sent to
me by the folks on the Beliefnet Asatru board.
So it seems that we are dealing with a concept related to "primal
laws", and "oaths", and/or "fate".
This certainly sounds similar to the Vedic Rta.
Additionally, if one ties Orlog to Wyrd, stemming from the
verb 'verda', - 'to become'. To which Ceisiwr has informed me, stems
from PIE wert- "turn," ....... we see perhaps a linkage between Rta
and the turning of some Cosmic wheel?
The PIE thread on the wheel/riding/wagon linkage to Rta, is here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/685
A great many thanks!
Aydan