werken
German (Berlin)
verb-weak
Definitions
- (colloquial) to work, to work hard
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German wërken inherited from Old High German werkōn inherited from Proto-Germanic *werkōną root from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (work, make, act, produce, makeVerb).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*werǵ-
Gloss
work, make, act, produce, makeVerb
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- irksomely English
- irksomeness English
- irky English
- värkätä Finnish
- organicus Latin
- urgentem Latin
- Gewerk German
- Gewerkschaft German
- Gewirk German
- Statt German
- Werkstatt German
- Wirklichkeit German
- Zinngießerwerkstatt German
- werkeln German
- wirklich German
- wirksam German
- organizzarsi Italian
- orgasme French
- верстак Russian
- γεωργία Ancient Greek
- γεωργός Ancient Greek
- κακοῦργος Ancient Greek
- συνήθης Ancient Greek
- ἐνέργεια Ancient Greek
- ἐνεργέω Ancient Greek
- ἐργάζομαι Ancient Greek
- ἐργάτης Ancient Greek
- ἐργώδης Ancient Greek
- ἐόργη Ancient Greek
- ἔργον Ancient Greek
- ὀργάω Ancient Greek
- ὀργασμός Ancient Greek
- ὄργανον Ancient Greek
- ὄργια Ancient Greek
- *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *worǵéh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *wréǵ-ye- Proto-Indo-European
- *wr̥ǵyéti, *wérǵ-ye- Proto-Indo-European
- *wérǵom Proto-Indo-European
- *dagawerką Proto-Germanic
- *handuwerką Proto-Germanic
- *warkiz Proto-Germanic
- *werkōną Proto-Germanic
- *wirkijaną Proto-Germanic
- *wurkijaną Proto-Germanic
- inverka Swedish
- medverka Swedish
- motverka Swedish
- påverka Swedish
- samverka Swedish
- tillverka Swedish
- verka Swedish
- verkning Swedish
- verksam Swedish
- verktyg Swedish
- warsztat Polish
- weorcsum Old English
- werkōn Old High German
- fercaigidir Old Irish
- wërken Middle High German
- argëtoj Albanian
- *wurhtijō gmw-pro
- *wregeti Proto-Celtic
- *warȷ́- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- värkia Old Swedish
- vergas Lithuanian
- *pati- Proto-Iranian
- *warj- Proto-Iranian
- *wärk- Proto-Tocharian