irksome
English
/ˈɚksəm/
adj
Definitions
- Marked by irritation or annoyance; disagreeable; troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English irkesome suffix from English irk (irritate, annoy, bother) inherited from Old English weorcsum (painful, hurtful) root from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (work, make, act, produce, makeVerb).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*werǵ-
Gloss
work, make, act, produce, makeVerb
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
働
Emoji
✂️ 🏗️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- forirk English
- irk English
- irketh English
- irksomely English
- irksomeness English
- irky English
- unirksome English
- organicus Latin
- urgentem Latin
- Gewerk German
- Gewirk German
- Wirklichkeit German
- werkeln German
- wirklich German
- wirksam German
- organizzarsi Italian
- orgasme French
- γεωργία Ancient Greek
- γεωργός Ancient Greek
- κακοῦργος Ancient Greek
- συνήθης Ancient Greek
- ἐνέργεια Ancient Greek
- ἐνεργέω Ancient Greek
- ἐργάζομαι Ancient Greek
- ἐργάτης Ancient Greek
- ἐργώδης Ancient Greek
- ἐόργη Ancient Greek
- ἔργον Ancient Greek
- ὀργάω Ancient Greek
- ὀργασμός Ancient Greek
- ὄργανον Ancient Greek
- ὄργια Ancient Greek
- *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *worǵéh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *wréǵ-ye- Proto-Indo-European
- *wr̥ǵyéti, *wérǵ-ye- Proto-Indo-European
- *wérǵom Proto-Indo-European
- *dagawerką Proto-Germanic
- *handuwerką Proto-Germanic
- *warkiz Proto-Germanic
- *werkōną Proto-Germanic
- *wirkijaną Proto-Germanic
- *wurkijaną Proto-Germanic
- weorc Old English
- weorcsum Old English
- irken Middle English
- irkesome Middle English
- fercaigidir Old Irish
- argëtoj Albanian
- *wurhtijō gmw-pro
- *wregeti Proto-Celtic
- *warȷ́- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- vergas Lithuanian
- *pati- Proto-Iranian
- *warj- Proto-Iranian
- *wärk- Proto-Tocharian