verk
Faroese
/vɛɹ̥k/
noun
Definitions
- work
- works, product
- power plant
- e.g. clockwork
- (administration) service, system
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse verk derived from Proto-Germanic *werką (work) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom (work).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wérǵom
Gloss
work
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
- -εργος Ancient Greek
- ἔργον Ancient Greek
- ὄργανον Ancient Greek
- *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wérǵom Proto-Indo-European
- *werką Proto-Germanic
- verk Swedish
- weorc Old English
- worc Old English
- verk Old Norse
- verka Old Norse
- værk Danish
- verk Icelandic
- werc Old High German
- գործ Old Armenian
- verko Ido
- brot Faroese
- brotsverk Faroese
- fýrur Faroese
- fýrverk Faroese
- verkætlan Faroese
- vitaverk Faroese
- viti Faroese
- ætlan Faroese
- *werk gmw-pro
- *werk Old Dutch
- *verka Proto-Finnic
- *verkko Proto-Finnic
- *wergā Proto-Celtic
- werk Old Saxon
- werk Old Frisian
- -verk Norwegian
- *wérgon Proto-Hellenic