weorc
Old English
noun
Definitions
- work, in various senses, including:
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *werką (work).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*werką
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
- -urgy English
- erg English
- ergon English
- эргоно́мика Russian
- ergometría Spanish, Castilian
- γεωργός Ancient Greek
- δίς Ancient Greek
- εὐεργέτης Ancient Greek
- κακοῦργος Ancient Greek
- πανοῦργος Ancient Greek
- χειρουργέω Ancient Greek
- ἀγαθοεργέω Ancient Greek
- ἐνεργός Ancient Greek
- ἐργάζομαι Ancient Greek
- ἐργάτης Ancient Greek
- ἐργαλεῖον Ancient Greek
- ἐργώδης Ancient Greek
- ἑκάεργος Ancient Greek
- ἔργον Ancient Greek
- *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wérǵom Proto-Indo-European
- *akrawerką Proto-Germanic
- *handuwerką Proto-Germanic
- *werką Proto-Germanic
- verk Swedish
- ergonomji Polish
- andweorc Old English
- ciricsceattweorc Old English
- dægweorc Old English
- dæġ Old English
- geweorc Old English
- hand Old English
- handweorc Old English
- mann Old English
- weorcmann Old English
- weorcræden Old English
- weorcsum Old English
- worc Old English
- æcer Old English
- æcerweorc Old English
- þeowweorc Old English
- þēow Old English
- ċiriċsċeatt Old English
- hondwerk Middle English
- irkesome Middle English
- werkman Middle English
- eirgeanamaíocht Irish
- verk Old Norse
- verka Old Norse
- værk Danish
- erg Catalan, Valencian
- verk Icelandic
- έργο Greek (modern)
- αγαθοεργός Greek (modern)
- werc Old High German
- verko Ido
- verk Faroese
- алергия Bulgarian
- werke Middle High German
- Wierk Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *dagawerk gmw-pro
- *werk gmw-pro
- *werk Old Dutch
- *verka Proto-Finnic
- *verkko Proto-Finnic
- werk Old Saxon
- werk Old Frisian
- -verk Norwegian
- *wérgon Proto-Hellenic