verka
Swedish
/ˈvɛrˌka/
verb-reg
Definitions
- to work, to act
- to seem as, appear, to have an appearance as of
- to pare or trim the hoof of a horse
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish värkia inherited from Old Norse verka derived from Proto-Germanic *werką (work) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom (work).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wérǵom
Gloss
work
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
働
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- värkätä Finnish
- Gewerk German
- Werkstatt German
- Werkzeug German
- werkeln German
- werken German
- -εργος Ancient Greek
- ἔργον Ancient Greek
- ὄργανον Ancient Greek
- *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wérǵom Proto-Indo-European
- *werką Proto-Germanic
- in Swedish
- inverka Swedish
- med Swedish
- medverka Swedish
- mot Swedish
- motverka Swedish
- på Swedish
- påverka Swedish
- samverka Swedish
- till Swedish
- tillverka Swedish
- tillverkare Swedish
- tillverkning Swedish
- tyg Swedish
- verkning Swedish
- verksam Swedish
- verksamhet Swedish
- verktyg Swedish
- verktygslist Swedish
- verktygslåda Swedish
- verka Norwegian Nynorsk
- weorc Old English
- worc Old English
- verk Old Norse
- verka Old Norse
- werc Old High German
- գործ Old Armenian
- verko Ido
- wërken Middle High German
- *werk gmw-pro
- *werk Old Dutch
- *verka Proto-Finnic
- *verkko Proto-Finnic
- *wergā Proto-Celtic
- werk Old Saxon
- värkia Old Swedish
- werk Old Frisian
- *wérgon Proto-Hellenic