handweorc
Old English
noun
Definitions
- handiwork, handwork
- creation
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *handuwerką compound from Old English hand (hand, side, person regarded as holder receiver of something, control, possession, power, charge, agency) + Old English weorc (work).
Origin
Old English
weorc
Gloss
work
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
働
Emoji
✂️ 🏗️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- handwork English
- hook maneuver English
- maneuver English
- maneuverability English
- maneuverable English
- maneuverer English
- manoeuvrability English
- manoeuvrable English
- manoeuvre English
- manoeuvrer English
- outmaneuver English
- outmanoeuvre English
- *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *handuwerką Proto-Germanic
- *handuz Proto-Germanic
- *werką Proto-Germanic
- andweorc Old English
- ciricsceattweorc Old English
- dægweorc Old English
- geweorc Old English
- hand Old English
- handboc Old English
- handbred Old English
- handcosp Old English
- handgeweorc Old English
- handgewrit Old English
- handlian Old English
- handscyldig Old English
- handseax Old English
- handtam Old English
- weorc Old English
- weorcmann Old English
- weorcræden Old English
- weorcsum Old English
- wifhand Old English
- wæpnedhand Old English
- æcerweorc Old English
- þeowweorc Old English
- hand Middle English
- hond Middle English
- honde Middle English
- hondwerk Middle English
- werk Middle English
- hantwerc Old High German
- manœuvre Middle French
- *handu gmw-pro
- *handwerk Old Dutch
- hantwerk Middle Low German
- maneva Swahili