värk

Swedish

noun
Definitions
  • (uncountable) ache; continuous, dull pain
  • (countable) labour-pain, contraction; a strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish værker inherited from Old Norse verkr (pain) inherited from Proto-Germanic *warkiz (pain, ache) derived from Proto-Indo-European *werg- (turn, suffer).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*werg-

Gloss

turn, suffer

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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