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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/werk

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *werką.

Noun

*werk n[1]

  1. work
Inflection
Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *werk
Genitive *werkas
Singular Plural
Nominative *werk *werku
Accusative *werk *werku
Genitive *werkas *werkō
Dative *werkē *werkum
Instrumental *werku *werkum
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Old English: weorc, worc
  • Old Frisian: werk, wirk
  • Old Saxon: werk
  • Old Dutch: werc
  • Old High German: werc, werh, werah

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *werką.

Noun

*werk n

  1. rope
  2. rope material (e.g. flax, hemp, etc.)
Inflection
Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *werk
Genitive *werkas
Singular Plural
Nominative *werk *werku
Accusative *werk *werku
Genitive *werkas *werkō
Dative *werkē *werkum
Instrumental *werku *werkum
Derived terms
  • *wirkī
  • *wurkī
Descendants
  • Old Frisian: *werk, *wirk
  • Old Saxon: *werk
  • Old Dutch: *werk
    • Middle Dutch: werc
      • Dutch: werk
      • → French: warq (dialectal)
  • Old High German: werh, werah, werc, werk
    • Middle High German: werc, werch, werich

References
  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 208: “*werk”
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