gewyrcan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to do, carry out (together)
- to make, build (together)
- to cause, accomplish (together)
- to work, form, dispose, succeed in doing, get by working; produce
Etymology
Inherited from *gawirkijan prefix from Old English wyrċan.
Origin
Old English
wyrċan
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *wurkijaną Proto-Germanic
- awyrcan Old English
- bewyrcan Old English
- efenwyrcan Old English
- forwyrcan Old English
- oferwyrcan Old English
- wyrcend Old English
- wyrcung Old English
- wyrċan Old English
- werken Middle English
- *gawirkijan gmw-pro
- giwirkian Old Saxon