English
forken
From fork + -en, modelled after strong past participles.
Formed from fork + -en
Latin furca ‘pitchfork, forked stake’
Proto-West Germanic *furkō
Old English force ‘forked instrument used to torture’
Middle English forke ‘digging fork’
English fork
Today it means
adj Forked.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / forken