örk

Westrobothnian

verb

Definitions

to urge, insist

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse yrkja (work) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną (work).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*wurkijaną

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

*werǵ- Proto-Indo-European
*wṛǵ- Proto-Indo-European
*wurkijaną Proto-Germanic
wyrcan Old English
wyrċan Old English
irken Middle English
orka Old Norse
yrkja Old Norse
𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐍄𐍅 Gothic
*pürkidäk Proto-Finnic
workian Old Saxon
yrkia Old Swedish
warthata Crimean Gothic