Proto-Germanic

*wurkijaną

‘to work’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną.

4 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną, most familiar first.

• work ← werken ← wyrċan
• working ← workyng ← wyrċende ← *wurkijandz
• worker ← worchere ← worchen ← wyrċan ← *wurkijan
• irk ← irken ← yrkja ← ᚹᛟᚱᚨᚺᛏᛟ

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną