värk
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) ache; continuous, dull pain
- (countable) labour-pain, contraction; a strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish værker inherited from Old Norse verkr (pain) inherited from Proto-Germanic *warkiz (pain, ache) derived from Proto-Indo-European *werg- (turn, suffer).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*werg-
Gloss
turn, suffer
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bellywark English
- headwark English
- wark English
- warkand English
- warkloom English
- *wer- Proto-Indo-European
- *werg- Proto-Indo-European
- *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- verk Norwegian Bokmål
- *warkiz Proto-Germanic
- huvud Swedish
- huvudvärk Swedish
- värka Swedish
- verk Norwegian Nynorsk
- wærc Old English
- wærcan Old English
- werk Middle English
- verk Old Norse
- verkr Old Norse
- galmandsværk Danish
- håndværk Danish
- hærværk Danish
- savværk Danish
- vandværk Danish
- værk Danish
- verkur Icelandic
- verkur Faroese
- værker Old Swedish