English
awkward
From awk (“odd, clumsy”) + -ward.
Formed from awk ‘odd, clumsy’ + -ward
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ‘to see’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂époh₃kʷos
Proto-Germanic *abuhaz ‘turned the wrong way, inverted’
Old Norse ǫfugr ‘turned the wrong way with the tail or back…’
Middle English awke
English awk
Today it means
adj Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / awkward