forke
Middle English
/ˈfɔrk(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- A fork or graip implement used for digging.
- (Late ME) A fork-shaped fire iron.
- (Late ME) A point, spike, or projection on a bone or tooth.
- A gibbet or gallows.
- (rare) A fork piece of cutlery.
- (rare) A forked supporting pole.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English force inherited from Proto-Germanic *furkǭ derived from Latin furca (pitchfork, fork, forked stake, also gallows, beam, yoke, support post, stake, two-pronged fork) derived from forque.
Origin
forque
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bifurcate English
- dungfork English
- fork English
- forkable English
- forkball English
- forkbeard English
- forken English
- forker English
- forkful English
- forkhead English
- forkless English
- forklift English
- forklike English
- forkmaker English
- forktail English
- forkweed English
- forky English
- furciform English
- hayfork English
- meatfork English
- multifork English
- pitchfork English
- prefork English
- shakefork English
- *furcatūra Latin
- *infurcāre Latin
- *infurcō Latin
- furca Latin
- furcatus Latin
- furcifer Latin
- furcilla Latin
- furcula Latin
- forca Italian
- fork Dutch, Flemish
- forqueta Spanish, Castilian
- horca Spanish, Castilian
- *ǵʰerk(ʷ)- Proto-Indo-European
- *furkô Proto-Germanic
- *furkǭ Proto-Germanic
- フォーク Japanese
- forca Old English
- force Old English
- forken Middle English
- picchen Middle English
- pichfork Middle English
- forkr Old Norse
- forko Esperanto
- forca Catalan, Valencian
- forcado Galician
- furco Galician
- furcă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- fforc Welsh
- forc Old Irish
- fourque Norman
- furka Old Dutch
- forca Old Portuguese
- furcã Aromanian
- 포크 Korean
- fuorcha Romansh
- fuortga Romansh
- furtga Romansh
- imfologo Zulu
- forcje Friulian
- furke Old Frisian
- forca Old Spanish
- furchetta Sicilian
- pok Tok Pisin
- forque xno
- fórca Ligurian
- fuarca Dalmatian
- imfologo Swati
- *forx Proto-Brythonic
- forku Sranan Tongo
- forque ONF.
- fók Chuukese
- faank Fiji Hindi
- fok West Uvean
- fook Kumak