firk
English
/fɜː(ɹ)k/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To carry away or about; carry; move.
- (transitive) To drive away.
- (transitive) To rouse; raise up.
- (intransitive) To move quickly; go off or fly out suddenly; turn out.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English firken inherited from Old English fercian (conduct, assist, bring, support, carry, convey, proceed) suffix from English fare (travel, journey, departure, fare).
Origin
English
fare
Gloss
travel, journey, departure, fare
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
旅
Emoji
⚓️ ⛵️ ✈️ 🏨 🚂 🚃 🚅 🚉 🚌 🚏 🚐 🚑️ 🚒 🚓 🚕 🚗 🚙 🚚 🚛 🚝 🚠 🚢 🚤 🛥️ 🛩️ 🛫 🛬 🛳️ 🧳
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Cheesefare English
- afare English
- airfare English
- busfare English
- carfare English
- eelfare English
- evilfare English
- fare English
- farebeater English
- farebox English
- farecard English
- faregate English
- farepayer English
- farer English
- farest English
- fareth English
- farewell English
- fareworthy English
- farrand English
- femto- English
- forfare English
- forthfare English
- hellfare English
- homefare English
- illfare English
- misfare English
- multifare English
- overfare English
- railfare English
- seafare English
- taxifare English
- thoroughfare English
- warfare English
- welfare English
- woefare English
- *farandz Proto-Germanic
- *faraną Proto-Germanic
- *fōrō Proto-Germanic
- afaran Old English
- faran Old English
- farende Old English
- fercian Old English
- forfaran Old English
- forþfaran Old English
- gefaran Old English
- geondfaran Old English
- infaran Old English
- oferfaran Old English
- tofaran Old English
- wiþfaran Old English
- ymbfaran Old English
- þurhfaran Old English
- fare Middle English
- faren Middle English
- firken Middle English
- fuora Old High German
- vuore Middle High German
- *faran gmw-pro
- *p(i/u)r, *bjar Proto-Sino-Tibetan