English
irkable
From irk + -able.
Formed from irk + -able
Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ‘to work’
Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną ‘to work’
Proto-Norse worahto
Old Norse yrkja ‘to work’
Middle English irken ‘to tire, grow weary’
English irk
Today it means
adj Capable of being irked.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / irkable