Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/werk

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *werką.

Noun

*werk n

1. work

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*werk
Genitive	*werkas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*werk	*werku
Accusative	*werk	*werku
Genitive	*werkas	*werkō
Dative	*werkē	*werkum
Instrumental	*werku	*werkum

Derived terms

• *wirkijan

Descendants

• Old English: weorc, worc
  • Middle English: werk, work
    • Scots: wark
    • English: work, werk
• Old Frisian: werk, wirk
  • Saterland Frisian: Wierk
  • West Frisian: wurk
• Old Saxon: werk
  • Middle Low German: wark, werk
    • Low German: Wark, Werk
• Old Dutch: werk, werc
  • Middle Dutch: werc, warc, werk, wark
    • Dutch: werk
      • Afrikaans: werk
• Old High German: werk, werc, werch, werh, werah
  • Middle High German: wërc
    • German: Werk
    • Luxembourgish: Wierk

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *werką.

Noun

*werk n

1. rope
2. rope material (e.g. flax, hemp, etc.)

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*werk
Genitive	*werkas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*werk	*werku
Accusative	*werk	*werku
Genitive	*werkas	*werkō
Dative	*werkē	*werkum
Instrumental	*werku	*werkum

Derived terms

• *wirkī
• *wurkī

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *werk, *wirk
  • Saterland Frisian: Wäierk, Wíerk
  • West Frisian: wurk
• Old Saxon: *werk
  • Middle Low German: werk, wark
    • → Danish: værk
    • → Norwegian: verk
• Old Dutch: *werk
  • Middle Dutch: werc
    • Dutch: werk
    • → French: warq (dialectal)
• Old High German: werh, werah, werc, werk
  • Middle High German: werc, werch, werich
    • German: Werg