Etymograph

English

wark

Wark comes from Middle English werk ‘an action or deed’, from Old English wærc ‘pain, suffering, anguish’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ‘to make, work, act’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*werǵ-‘to make, work, act’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*warkiz‘pain’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*warkireconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150wærc‘pain, suffering, anguish’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500werk‘an action or deed’
  6. Englishtodaywark

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*werǵ-‘to make, work, act’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*warkiz‘pain’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*warkireconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150wærc‘pain, suffering, anguish’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500werk‘an action or deed’
  6. Englishtodaywark

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ‘to make, work, act’

work, energy, organic, wright, organ, energetic, orgasm, allergy, boulevard, wrought, liturgy, metallurgy, erg, argon, irksome, irk, 23 more

through Middle English werk ‘an action or deed’

werk

Another origin of wark

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*warkijanąreconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*warkijanreconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150wærcan‘to be in pain’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500werken
  5. Englishtodaywark

Today it means

noun Pain; ache.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- / wark

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