Proto-IE: *were-, *wrē- <PIH *w-> (Gr w-)
Meaning: to tell, to speak
Hittite: werija- (I) 'rufen, nennen, erwähnen' (Friedrich 252)
Tokharian: A wram, B wreme (PT *wreme) 'object' (Adams 616)
Old Greek: éi̯rō, pf. act. ẹ̄́rēka, med. ẹ̄́rētai̯, arg. wewrēmenos, kret. werēmenos, ft. pass. ẹ̄rḗsomai̯, aor. pass. ptc. rhēthẹ̄́s, Hdt. ẹ̄réthēn, att. errḗthēn, ft. rhēthḗsomai̯ `sagen'; ptc. rhētó- `verabredet, bestimmt; sagbar; rhētḗr `Sprecher', rhḗtōr m., aeol. wrētōr `id.; Redemeister'; rhē̂ma `Ausspruch, Wort, Erzählung', rhē̂si-s, srk. wrēsis `Aussprache, Rede', rhḗtrǟ, el. wrātrā `Verabredung, Vertrag, Gesetz, Ausspruch'; adv. (dia-)rrḗdǟn `ausdrücklich'
Celtic: MIr fordat `sie sagen'
Russ. meaning: говорить
References: WP I 283 f
