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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *werką.
Noun
*werk n[1]
- work
Inflection
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Singular
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*werk
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*werkas
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Singular
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Plural
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*werk
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*werku
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| Accusative
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*werk
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*werku
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| Genitive
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*werkas
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*werkō
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| Dative
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*werkē
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*werkum
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*werku
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*werkum
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Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *werką.
Noun
*werk n
- rope
- rope material (e.g. flax, hemp, etc.)
Inflection
| Neuter a-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*werk
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| Genitive
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*werkas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*werk
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*werku
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| Accusative
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*werk
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*werku
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| Genitive
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*werkas
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*werkō
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| Dative
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*werkē
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*werkum
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| Instrumental
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*werku
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*werkum
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 208: “*werk”
