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: werk, werc
    • Old High German: werk, werc, werch, 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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